Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [adv] well " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ There have been very few among all my acquaintances among naturalists , ’ he said , ‘ who could appreciate a drawing if it were ever so well done ; and sometimes the better it was done , the less they liked it … ’ |
2 | Perhaps it was just as well that there did n't seem to be any extra business around tonight . |
3 | It was just as well Devoy clinched the issue in three games , for she admitted to being tired . |
4 | It was just as well , I thought , that the noise of the storm and the engines kept me from hearing what he said . |
5 | But perhaps it was just as well that she had this shock , for in her relief at finding the injury comparatively slight , she forbore to say very much about the unexpected guest . |
6 | It was just as well I did request an s.a.e. as over the next ten days I received over five hundred requests ! |
7 | It was just as well because the back boiler in the kitchen split in two about fifteen years ago and I have n't been able to light a fire in the grate since . |
8 | Perhaps it was just as well . |
9 | Then , with that stoical and selfless streak in her character , she reflected that perhaps it was just as well he was not . |
10 | It was just as well he knew that , Masklin thought , because otherwise he 'd think it was Outside . |
11 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
12 | So it was just as well Old Red never allowed anyone on duty , including perhaps himself , to remember that he also was human — and still a good deal younger than General Francis . |
13 | And perhaps it was just as well because there , on the seat of the rag cart and sitting as patiently as the pony was standing , was Ben . |
14 | It was just as well that he did n't know my long-term aim was to be a pro golfer . |
15 | But in spite of everything perhaps it was just as well that none of the things they could see … none of the plump fish or chickens being toasted on skewers , none of the creamy breads , chapatis , nan , and parathas , none of the richly bubbling curries and glistening mounds of rice , which the skeletons ' scarlet rimmed eyes could see in their lenses and at which they glared for hour after hour that none of these things were available , for in their starved and debilitated condition it was very likely that a heavy curry would have killed them as dead as a cannon ball . |
16 | And it was just as well that she did so because Harry appeared at that moment , to lead her out for sherry and soda . |
17 | It was just as well that he would soon be yoked to Virginia , so that his desire for his headstrong gypsy would never be allowed free rein . |
18 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |
19 | It was just as well they missed each other . |
20 | If a week of being looked after had gone such a fair way to turning me into a drivelling weakling , it was just as well I had n't let Dottie tempt me to any more of it . |
21 | It was just as well that Alan did decide to complete the diet after six weeks , as it turned out that many of his vitamin and mineral levels were sinking fast . |
22 | Kraal was inclined to say , fixing Woil with a glare and flexing his talons back and forth to make it clear that it was just as well there were three cages between them because if there were n't … |
23 | It was just as well . |
24 | It was just as well . |
25 | On the whole , he thought to himself , perhaps it was just as well . |
26 | It was just as well . |
27 | It was just as well , she thought ruefully , that he was an easy , undemanding companion , and had it not been for the throbbing behind her eyes she might have considered the evening pleasant enough . |
28 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
29 | Robbie was terribly tempted to ask how he would describe the glamorous-looking Petula , so perhaps it was just as well that at that moment they came in sight of the first lock . |
30 | But perhaps it was just as well , and at least the physical toll the climb was taking had , temporarily at least , driven other sensations from her body . |