Example sentences of "well [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew better than to leave that behind . |
| 2 | Hedonists seeking the perfect golfing weekend could do no better than tackle these two majestic courses , using the Thorpeness Club Hotel as a base . |
| 3 | The men of Ring 's Amusements still worked in Sir Walter Raleigh Park , but the Dynmouth Hards knew better than to engage these men in any form of combat . |
| 4 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 5 | ‘ You ought to know better than to ask that . |
| 6 | ‘ You should know better than to ask such a question after all I 've tried to teach you . ’ |
| 7 | Well , better than getting half every time , in n it ? |
| 8 | Beryl meant that Adam had been among the previous owners of Wyvis Hall while her husband had not , but she knew better than to point this out . |
| 9 | The hard-bitten men round the table knew better than to make that mistake . |
| 10 | With justice Henry V is credited not only with having understood , better than did any of his contemporaries , what were the naval problems which faced England in the early fifteenth century , but also with having done much towards the creation of a fleet of ships , some of them very large , almost ‘ prestige-type ’ vessels , which would make it possible for the English to take to sea quickly and thus try to wrest the initiative from any enemy who might be coming against them . |
| 11 | He was mortally disappointed when it was officially declared an accident and there 's nothing he 'd like better than to find some excuse to start ferreting round and upsetting everyone with his ‘ interrogations ’ . ’ |
| 12 | If Ferdinando left the Brownings service and came in with her , adopting his rightful position , then she could manage even better and take more boarders and they would be self-supporting besides living together always . |
| 13 | The wet and windy conditions prevailing were not conducive to good hockey , with the visitors adapting better and taking both points in a creditable 2–1 win . |
| 14 | There are , of course , the alternatives that people behave better and commit less crime ; or that the police become less effective and catch fewer villains . |
| 15 | Cross-references direct students to compound nouns , opposites , confusables , and related words so that they understand words better and learn more vocabulary |
| 16 | Well that concerns this this gentleman to extend the licensing . |
| 17 | Well that means each company we can take for twelve hours because there are basically four business related classes . |
| 18 | Well that costs more , that costs about five quid and I wo n't have |
| 19 | Well if practise that |
| 20 | Well if do more and you do n't like it |
| 21 | Leeds were naive in defence , provided no cover , and could have conceded a few more ( for the record though , Fairclough played very well and made some very timely interceptions ) . |
| 22 | Eliza wrote to Mrs Mitchell on 30 May , ‘ We are , baby and I , still going on well and getting more strength every day . |
| 23 | Thus in years when lemmings and other small rodents are plentiful ( see below ) , owls , skuas , jaegers and other aerial predators fare well and raise many offspring . |
| 24 | Erm I thought you summarized the needs very well and got that over . |
| 25 | We felt that our arguments ‘ hold up ’ extremely well and deserved more recognition in the outcome since they answered at least two of the board 's main arguments against the reduction of differentials . |
| 26 | The client , who generally accepted the traditional process , also accepted the form of contract for what it was : a formal document encapsulating the procedures which seemed to work well and produced few disputes . |
| 27 | My passenger had had a lucky escape that night ; he had used his wits well and survived another fight . |
| 28 | These results harmonise remarkably well and suggest that treatment of patients aged between 60 and 80 with systolic blood pressure persistently above 160 mm Hg will prevent 30–50% of strokes in these patients . |
| 29 | They battled tremendously well and earned more than their fair share of chances . |
| 30 | restriction , well done you 're doing very well and overriding all this lot what do we need |