Example sentences of "him well [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This and his link with Stevenson 's had served him well over the last few years , and he had become something of an expert in railway funding , especially in European railways . |
| 2 | The monastery of the Poor Clares knew him well as a loyal altar server after his mother 's early death . |
| 3 | More sink puts him well below the intended glide path , but instead of making the decision to choose a field and look around near it for more lift , he glides on . |
| 4 | It was a mammoth task , but Finniston considers that his scientific background fitted him well for the challenge . |
| 5 | And last night he eluded his two markers to decisive effect although they shadowed him well for much of the match . |
| 6 | That upbringing served him well for Robert Redford 's Thirties drama The River Runs Through It , adapted from a novel by Norman MacLean about family conflict and fly fishing . |
| 7 | Does my hon. Friend accept that with falling net incomes , particularly in the hills , and diminishing employment prospects , everyone on the Conservative Benches wishes him well for the negotiations in Europe ? |
| 8 | It was the song that Crawford 's singing teacher had prepared him well for , and the star put all his emotion into it . |
| 9 | Anthony Morris , QC , told Manchester Crown Court that Mr Foster died because he had the ‘ misfortune ’ to have been at the same secondary school as the gunman and had known him well for four years . |
| 10 | He hits his irons particularly sweetly , a talent that serves him well at Hayling , Hampshire 's only links , where still days are few and far between . |
| 11 | This and his aristocratic connections served him well at the Restoration . |
| 12 | Dwyer , a tower of strength in the full back berth , was in danger of missing today 's All Ireland final until a visit to Old Trafford and a date with United physio Jim McGregor put him well on the way to recovery . |
| 13 | Dwyer , a tower of strength in the full back berth , was in danger of missing today 's All Ireland final until a visit to Old Trafford and a date with United physio Jim McGregor put him well on the way to recovery . |
| 14 | Cec then refused the terms offered by the club in the summer of 1927 and moved to Bristol City , but his 54 League goals for the Palace still keep him well within the top fifteen scorers in the history of our club . |
| 15 | It was good to be able to put him well behind her . |
| 16 | She knew him well by sight but she had never spoken with him before . |
| 17 | He served him well by telling him the truth and by refusing to scheme against him . |
| 18 | Pound , following a polemical strategy which served him well in the short run ( but which later back-fired ) deliberately provoked the academic classicists of his day ; and his use of his sources , classical and other , was always both hasty and high-handed . |
| 19 | One trait that former ‘ Robben Islanders ’ recall is his remarkable , almost photographic , memory — a quality that served him well in his ascent through the ANC hierarchy . |
| 20 | His honest , square-jawed and faintly familiar face served him well in the real estate business . |
| 21 | All these qualities served him well in the kind of politics he preferred to practise — those of unobtrusive influence and persuasion . |
| 22 | The midseason was disappointing , but by the end of July , in Holland and a fortnight later in Germany , Jackie had notched up his fourth and fifth victories of the season and a second place in Austria put him well in the lead . |
| 23 | The maverick and often exasperating individualism which had served him well in battles against conservative-minded executives at the Mirror became a major liability at NoS , where the premium was on conformity to group objectives . |
| 24 | One struck a particular chord with the player : it wished him well in his retirement and pointed out that rugby had given Mullin a PhD in travel . |
| 25 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 26 | I 'd keep him well in the running . |
| 27 | After 37 years on the site , Lewis was given a mini hi-fi system and an inscribed tankard by colleagues who wished him well in retirement . |
| 28 | The Puerto Rican 's work rate kept him well in contention until that crucial ninth , when McKenzie had to call on all his experience and determination to get through it . |
| 29 | His commitment to training is well-known and CIT wishes him well in his new position . |