Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] well " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waxing the skis helps them to slide better and some slopes have a lubrication system which further reduces friction . |
| 2 | The citizens charter sets out a comprehensive programme to improve the quality of public services and make them answer better to the wishes of their users , where that can be done , by providing choice for the citizen . |
| 3 | Oddly , the move to New York seems to me to work better than some of the earlier stories . |
| 4 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 5 | Blake believed that if he could understand all aspects of his horses , he could make them happy and motivate them to work better and to be more successful in competition . |
| 6 | He had the difficult task of taking the field around and beyond the covert and getting them to stand well back before he could attend to his hounds . |
| 7 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 8 | I mean there 's , there 's the practical side of actually having , I mean well there 's various aspects of it you could have someone as a figurehead |
| 9 | I mean well if I remember in Harlow er , we we i i in in nineteen seventy eight we had twenty thousand er , social er , council housing and about nine thousand owner occupiers the situation , that ratio 's been reversed where we , where i by the end of the century we practically have about three thousand social social housing and about twenty two thousand er er , owner occupiers ! |
| 10 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 11 | No no , I mean Well okay . |
| 12 | But but I mean Well |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't play games , Miss Adams — you know who I mean well enough , or have you more than one lover you intend running away with ? ’ |
| 14 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 15 | I hope you enjoyed that discussion I mean well first of all if you live in the Selby area it 's been of relevance to you and you 've managed to hear what both sides are saying but I I hope even if you do n't live in the Selby area it 's er you 've er found it as fascinating as I have to hear the pros and cons of such a complex issue . |
| 16 | What happened in the days before freezers I mean well like going back to this you know when folk did n't have power . |
| 17 | I mean well , why do people migrate ? |
| 18 | I mean well you 've , you 've looked at what you think acce what the , the velocity is , which is the gradient on the distance time graph . |
| 19 | Because wh when , when we were looking at , at , at the I mean sort of things the implication to me seemed to be that , that this in itself is a successful policy , rent reduction , interest rate reduction methods improving er productivity , increasing input , in themselves are satisfying the demands of the peasantry and you would not need to go beyond that , I mean well did n't need to , he is n't the ideal , but he did n't need to go and he , he was doing very well out of it . |
| 20 | what can I do , well I mean the there are , but I mean well they 're not , it 's not as expensive is it , once your |
| 21 | So I mean well let's go on then . |
| 22 | I mean well can you explain that again ? |
| 23 | As I say I mean well because I do feel the cold I suppose I have to have more heat than |
| 24 | I mean well , not a reasonable mar he 's still making money on the drinks |
| 25 | Well I mean well I do n't mean you 'll sort it out yourself . |
| 26 | See he get 's a day and a half off , I mean it 's like we , I mean well this is why Dave said , he said do you fancy he said |
| 27 | the real old gardeners and I mean well every house had one because they used to grow their own vegetables did n't they ? |
| 28 | Oh it was , I mean well right from the start it was , it was not the most sensible place to er have a group erm |
| 29 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |
| 30 | I mean well I thought to myself , God what a life ! |