Example sentences of "well [subord] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who had gone overseas had probably made a wise choice and were likely to be doing better than they could have done at home , so the government felt it had done enough for them already . |
| 2 | The silk was of the first order , better than one could obtain nowadays , and had kept in good condition over the years . |
| 3 | Much better than I could have been in the role . |
| 4 | For one thing , it paid better than she could believe , and for another the work seemed to be something she could really get her teeth into . |
| 5 | In terms of which you better if we could do that erm , if we could do that . |
| 6 | I said to Fish the film has a message for the trade unions as well if they could find it and he said he 'd keep looking . |
| 7 | Well if we could send that with the amenities and perhaps if they 've got any , we ca n't say that er , I view this as very much , we 've , we 've got a platform here . |
| 8 | Well if you could spare us a few moments , we 'd be most grateful , your , it 's for a new series we 're contemplating , A Day in the Afterlife . |
| 9 | Cos well if you could have the kids you know ! |
| 10 | If , if er if you were on a case er well if you could get out for a , for an hour in the afternoon for a walk , but that was about all . |
| 11 | Well if I could refer you , ma'am , to my paragraph three point seven of my supplementary statement , erm I do indicate there erm that the factors which make me believe that a location in this sector or these three sectors erm is a better one in far , as far as employment is concerned . |
| 12 | Had to be paid , it ca n't be paid by the twenty eighth it 's er you know well if I could 've got hold of David or er , Andrew , I was gon na give Andrew a right bollocking for just pushing it in and he should 've sent it to er , Michael , Michael 's just got it shoved in front of his nose a in Edinburgh . |
| 13 | Well if I could choose I would go to bed at about two o'clock in the morning and get up at about ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 14 | Well if I could have a bungalow the same as I' ve got now I would n't care . |
| 15 | Well if I could dig a hole in the garden we could get rid of some of that stuff . |
| 16 | But the generals could not afford to wait , and started work well before they could get any useful political guidance . |
| 17 | The little one 's heard Mummy pull up on the drive and has come down the stairs well before anyone could say anything he got it out . |
| 18 | Well when you could do with it most |
| 19 | She returned Travis 's kiss warmly , then bent as well as she could to hug Jonas . |
| 20 | He was driving fast but safely and , Agnes noted , not as well as she could have done . |
| 21 | His confinement was not over-rigorous , as ‘ the worthy jailer Smith ’ took him out for a walk while he was there ; and by 30th August he was back at home in Ambleside , having found Anne and the children as well as he could expect . |
| 22 | There are certain inconsistencies in Leandre 's story , but he was obviously describing what he had experienced as well as he could remember it . |
| 23 | This suited me very well as I could stay with her , only two miles down the A1 , as part of my annual leave at Chester . |
| 24 | I started drawing them as well as I could remember . |
| 25 | So , all things considered , I think I have done all right , handled my problem as well as it could have been handled . |
| 26 | " As well as you could expect , I guess . " |
| 27 | André Previn has described Karajan as ‘ the great motivator ’ ; Ashkenazy has called him ‘ a great intuitive musician who communicates as well as anyone could imagine ’ . |