Example sentences of "well [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | B : You 'd better make straight for the bank , otherwise you 'll be too late . |
| 2 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 3 | I says , oh well I better wait here for her coming back , cos I 'll probably pass her on t' way . |
| 4 | It iss better to find out for yourself , our Guider says , than to be told . ’ |
| 5 | If any gent takes notice of thee it 'ud be with only one thing in mind , so th 'd better watch out for th'self . ’ |
| 6 | Daniel had better watch out for him in his rear-view mirror . |
| 7 | He replaced the receiver and said , ‘ You 'd better do enough for four . ’ |
| 8 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 9 | ‘ I think you 'd better rest here for a while , ’ she followed him out of the kitchen and into the sitting-room to tell him . |
| 10 | ‘ I think we had better go inside for some explanations , ’ he said with a sigh . |
| 11 | Pilger told him they had better get together for a serious talk the minute he got off the plane . |
| 12 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
| 13 | Sure , an international is intense , but if you learn how to come down from it as well build up for it , the problems simply will not develop . |
| 14 | ‘ You might as well hang around for as long as you can . ’ |
| 15 | Some think that the universities would do well to look outwards for reassurance about their research role : in particular to the Max Planck Institutes , which , while universally praised as centres of excellence , have structural problems of their own . |
| 16 | Well stand up for a start ! |
| 17 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 18 | When voices started rising and violence seemed inevitable , Kalchu told me that it would n't be resolved for hours and , rather than waiting around in the cold on the off-chance of getting some meat , we might as well set out for home . |
| 19 | But the piece bubbles with character and is well laid out for the medium . |
| 20 | I thought , well I , I might as well phone in for it . |
| 21 | Well find somewhere for lunch . ’ |
| 22 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 23 | Montserrat itself is a major religious centre , and in addition to the religious facilities it 's well set up for tourists and climbers with a cafe , bakery , bar and essential ice cream store . |
| 24 | The cockpit is well set up for both racing and cruising |
| 25 | In addition to providing a regular preventative maintenance service they are also well set up for dealing with emergency work on a 24 hour basis . |
| 26 | I am well known here for the checkings I make of the movement of ships . ’ |
| 27 | Kirchberg is well known locally for its band and throughout the season they stage many concerts ranging from the serene to good old thigh slapping and yodelling nights out . |
| 28 | She is also well known locally for the soft toys she makes for various charities . |
| 29 | Spilsby is well known locally for its Theatre which regularly puts on performances to provide musical and dramatic culture in this rural township so inaccessibly far from the big city footlights . |
| 30 | And if they had to brave that to make a phone call , they might as well press on for home . |