Example sentences of "was well [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereford are only two off the bottom of the third division now after slipping up at Gillingham … their defence was well beaten by the opening goal from Arnott … |
| 2 | Then , Dornan fired in another great cross which was well collected by the Dinamo keeper . |
| 3 | A number of hooded men brandishing sub-machine guns and standing in front of a Colombian flag told the magazine that their organisation had 150 full-time employees , was financed by big business and was well connected with the security forces . |
| 4 | The histogram was well fitted by the sum of two gaussians , each of s.d. 70μV , with their means and relative heights indicated by the vertical bars . |
| 5 | Sir John was a prodigious drinker and was well loved by the city 's taverners . |
| 6 | Trusthouse said it was well represented at the airport . |
| 7 | A worse incident happened to me when invited to preach at a special service in a small church which was well filled for the occasion . |
| 8 | involving other people who can provide support was well illustrated by the role of the Salvation Army friends . |
| 9 | This was well illustrated by the refusal of the authorities in Germany to allow GEC to purchase the then nearly bankrupt electrical company AEG following objections from the German trade unions . |
| 10 | The high standard of workmanship achieved was well illustrated by the fact that a bridge assembled from units drawn from four contractors and made from different jig sets went together simply . |
| 11 | This was well symbolized by the enthronement of the gospel book at the Council , though more could have been made of it ( de Maio , 1963 , p. 21 ; Bianchi , 1987 , p. 117 ) . |
| 12 | He said the statue was well received at the Garden Festival and had been wanted by many local authorities . |
| 13 | The book was well received by the Lancet and British Medical Journal , but savagely attacked by an anonymous reviewer in the Medical Times and Gazette of 1859 , who dismissed it , in a ridiculous review for which the most likely reason was personal animosity or jealousy , as ‘ a book which is not wanted [ and ] is not even up to the mark of the existing vade-mecums . |
| 14 | It was well received by the electorate and , with a cooperative Democratic Congress behind him , he could expect to implement a majority of the plan 's ideas . |
| 15 | Colloredo refused , and , after an abusive interview in which the archbishop lost both his temper and his priestly dignity , calling Mozart a scoundrel and a knave , both parties announced that each was well rid of the other . |
| 16 | The littoral was well integrated into the market economy even before the beginning of British rule , and it was families from this area who were able to gain wealth through trade and other capitalist ventures when the cash economy expanded inland in the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | The potential for the use of such soundings for the mapping of deep structure was well demonstrated in the Eye area of Suffolk . |
| 18 | His published sermons reveal a man who was well versed in the Bible rather than in classical learning , with a clear and direct message to his audience . |
| 19 | The chairman , James Millar , said that while Invergordon could not be immune to the volume and margin pressures currently being experienced by the Scotch whisky industry , the group was well placed through the mix of its business to ride out the present difficulties . |
| 20 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 21 | It was however , considered but a matter of perseverance , for it was well exposed on the surface above . |
| 22 | The ideology of merit as the criterion of access to secondary education and its subsequent social and economic rewards was well entrenched by the time of the outbreak of war , as were the mechanics of separation into two distinct types of education . |
| 23 | But , he was well informed on the matter and admitted that he and others were worried about their own safety because of what they knew . |
| 24 | However , the ICRC also reported that Iran would not accept doctors , technicians or other professionals ( with which it was well equipped as the result of its war with Iraq ) , sniffer dogs or blood plasma ( on religious grounds ) , or satellite communications equipment ; it also insisted that food must conform to Islamic rules , and that those delivering the aid would be granted 24-hour visas only . |
| 25 | Professor Keith-Lucas was well acquainted with the work of AIB , having served as an assessor during one of the public inquiries in the mid 1960s . |
| 26 | Darlington manager Ray Hankin put on both substitutes at the start of the second half and the move almost paid dividends after 53 minutes when Toman split the defence perfectly to find John Borthwick in the area , but the substitute 's left-foot shot was well held by the keeper . |
| 27 | Back came Portsmouth and Colin Clark 's header well held by Ken Vasey at the other end while two minutes later , Jim Magilton turned well on the edge of the Portsmouth penalty area , but his dipping shot was well held by the visitor 's goal keeper , Andy Gosney . |
| 28 | Eyre 's down-to-earth style was well suited to the exploration of these recondite matters . |
| 29 | There appeared to be no survivors and there were plenty of witnesses to swear both Greg Martin and Paula Varna were on board when the yacht sailed — Martin was well known at the marina where he kept her and Paula was a highly visible character . ’ |
| 30 | On the 15th May 1583 , there moved to Halling its most distinguished resident , William Lambarde , who by this time was well known as the author of books on law , and of his Perambulation of Kent . |