Example sentences of "well [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This word works well as a hedge as regards a passing topic ( e.g. " this is arguably also the case in Aphra Behn 's other works … |
| 2 | The ability to work well as a member of a team is a life skill and one which is increasingly valued in the world of work . |
| 3 | Lecercle of course means death-knell but English has spoken through him , creating a new meaning for the noun that works very well as a metonymy : the bell 's tolling becomes the bell ( it has " sounded " ) much as the water boiling in the kettle has become the kettle as in the expression , " The kettle 's boiling " . |
| 4 | ‘ My game is suited to doubles because I return well , ’ he said yesterday , ‘ but my priority is to do well as a singles player . ’ |
| 5 | He comes over well as a person , with all the outer confidence you 'd expect of a company representative . |
| 6 | We seem to be working really well as a unit and things really gel when we write together . |
| 7 | ‘ The forwards played extremely well as a unit , driving in unison and providing their backs with good ball . |
| 8 | American and Australian warships joined with British forces in a combined operation to intercept the Iraqis , and Defence Secretary , Tom King says it shows the multi-national force is working well as a unit . |
| 9 | ‘ There are things that pills do n't do so well as a rest and treatment . |
| 10 | Er , but in the ordinary course of events er , this afternoon is , is I 'm dedicated to using as many cliches as I possibly can , erm , is , is , you know , that works very well as a way of protecting time for myself . |
| 11 | Bran was also a zealous patriot and served his country well as a warrior . |
| 12 | Well as a reach up up . |
| 13 | It is also important that we should get on well as a squad and , in this regard , we are very fortunate in the quality of our coaches who very quickly make every newcomer feel very much part of the team ’ . |
| 14 | Orange and either ginger or cinnamon are perhaps the nicest flavours to combine with rhubarb , and they work especially well as a compote . |
| 15 | The irony of this fascinating book is that it shows that Charlie Francis was doing very well as a coach without giving drugs to his athletes . |
| 16 | The linking of sexual enjoyment with social status also proved a golden formula for Hugh Hefner , who had failed as a cartoonist and copy-writer on Esquire in Chicago and was doing none too well as a promoter of a magazine called Children 's Activities . |
| 17 | Erm well as a housewife erm hm we we were poor people . |
| 18 | Drew acquitted himself well as a witness . |
| 19 | I remember I was due at one in the afternoon , but he was so busy that he did n't manage to get me till nine in the evening , but which time all my nerves had thankfully evaporated , and I guess I sang pretty well as a result . |
| 20 | Martin Lee of WHS felt that , to the group 's benefit , people were trading down in their gift buying generally and that some its higher priced books did well as a result . |
| 21 | We really did work well as a team . |
| 22 | Alton played well as a team in a close first half and took the lead after 11 minutes . |
| 23 | ‘ Before this game , individuals had been performing well , but this was the first time we really played well as a team and it shows just what we are capable of . ’ |
| 24 | We worked well as a team last year with Ben Howe and we learned how nice it was to win things . |
| 25 | It is a successful one , showing both men as masters of their instruments who also play well as a team . |
| 26 | Jason the instructor says they made out very well and worked together well as a team … |
| 27 | Erm , I felt that er , we had plenty of time at the end , I mean we , we tried only three times to get it right , and it was okay , and I felt we worked well as a team in that amount of time . |
| 28 | Credit to them , they came back , got a great goal , Les Phillips had a great game , made the first one I think , no the second one he made did n't he ? erm But he played tremendous , Les ; he got the passing going and I thought they did very well as a team , we kept our composure . |
| 29 | Credit to them , they came back , got a great goal , Les Phillips had a great game ; made the first one I think , no the second one he made did n't he ? erm But he played tremendous , Les , got the passing going , and I thought we did very well as a team , we kept our composure . |
| 30 | That is why the suggestion ‘ Why do n't you try it ? ’ works so well as a selling technique . |