Example sentences of "well [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 While catalytic converters may cost the manufacturer around £50 to buy , to fit them requires skilled labour and may well bump up the price of a new car by between £100 and £1000 depending on the model .
2 But the hotel may well bump up the bill with all sorts of spurious charges .
3 I have quoted this passage in full , not because I think it is particularly inspired or even well-written , but because it is the nearest attempt I have come across to suggest some of the subjective , hidden meanings that might well make up a performer 's luggage when he expresses himself on stage .
4 She remembered saying that she might very well buy out the others and live in the property herself .
5 However , these two activites tend to be associated with addictions and personality difficulties in the patient and to require them to give up these things can often be counterproductive , since compliance may well bring on a withdrawal syndrome , and failure can lead to anxiety and guilt .
6 If he had the slightest suspicion of how she really felt , it could well bring out the sympathetic side of his nature .
7 If the expectation is held strongly then market participant action may well bring about the event that was expected .
8 Those chilling words — official indifference and lack of care — may well sum up the experience of refugees in many countries , not just our own .
9 Oh while I 'm at it , might as well dish out the agendas as well since we 've already started .
10 If they belong to the party that wins power they may well take on a government office of some kind .
11 Our unequal arms might well take up the difference in line lengths when flying one way ; but the perverse nature of our natural reactions does n't allow the same correction when flying the other way .
12 Realizing that I may well end up the whipping boy if things go wrong , I attempt , in bankers ' parlance , to ‘ cover my ass ’ .
13 Well I just thought I 'd go over now and I might as well go down the shop when
14 ‘ It 's obvious nobody 's going anywhere tonight , so we may as well play out the charade of being rational people .
15 so you might as well fill in the gaps whenever you can er they 're for a day out that 's the trouble they 're not , they 're not there for a , they 're not
16 If he had any energy left over he might well indulge in a bit more naughty meddling .
17 ‘ Having committed one offence and been given a criminal recordfor innocent hacking , they may feel that they might as well get in a bit deeper . ’
18 They are beginning to let more and more hotel-type contracts , which makes sense — if we 've got a lot of senior management on a big site , they might as well pick up the housekeeping as well . ’
19 May well pick up the bit of pa a paper .
20 Well seeing as this is working I might as well pick up the headphones is n't it .
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