Example sentences of "well [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well or at least sorted , maybe they 're the ones that was supposed to be left out for future reference . |
| 2 | Although of course I did n't know her very well or for very long . |
| 3 | On the positive side ‘ three in five of the sample were discharged into accommodation judged by staff to suit them well or to be at least satisfactory ’ . |
| 4 | He approached his first term at Lincoln College ‘ fairly well & in exceedingly good temper … |
| 5 | With cooler air , more cloud , and so less sunshine , even grass grows less well than on the lowlands . |
| 6 | In the event , however , Labour actually suffered a swing against it compared with 1986 , lost a net total of 20 seats and , in some boroughs , even performed less well than at the 1987 general election . |
| 7 | For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so . |
| 8 | However , they did 5% less well than in 1988 , and their attempts to castigate high spending Labour metropolitan authorities seemed to backfire . |
| 9 | There may also be changes in performance , with some schools doing better and others less well than in the past . |
| 10 | In another premature general election in June 1989 Fianna Fáil performed less well than in 1982 and Haughey was obliged to form a coalition government with the Progressive Democrats [ see pp. 36739 ; 36820-21 ] . |
| 11 | ‘ But Harry may know only too well that through him the secret of this grave 's no secret . |
| 12 | She managed so well that on the Wednesday in Hartford she even got her encore , which she had rehearsed and never had the chance to perform , ‘ The Last Rose of Summer ’ . |
| 13 | You know perfectly well that under the present system someone who sticks to his principles and speaks out against injustice is n't going to get a job or a council flat . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Well that at any rate would change . |
| 16 | We know very well that during your time in Glasgow you became familiar with the secret and unlawful society styling itself the ‘ United Scotsmen ’ . |
| 17 | Buttons landed perfectly and came away from the jump so well that by the time her father had collected himself and his horse Artemis and Buttons were alongside them . |
| 18 | A powerful Muslim force was besieging his city of Tiberias and he gave the order to advance to its relief knowing full well that by leaving his camp he was risking battle . |
| 19 | I am by no means inclined to consider Diodorus a mere copyist of his sources , and I know only too well that by stylistic criteria one could prove that Sir Ronald Syme is the author of some of the books written by his pupils . |
| 20 | ’ Can pay , wo n't pay ’ is shorthand : written out in full , their credo was , ’ We have the money to make our proper contribution to the cost of essential local services , but , because we wish to indulge in political point-scoring , we will withhold that contribution — knowing full well that by doing so we will force local authorities either to increase charges for the great majority of law-abiding citizens , or to cut services . ’ |
| 21 | But things have gone so well that by June 1993 he hopes to launch a further 20 growers . |
| 22 | Nonetheless , they did so well that from then on Emma was asked to contribute on a regular basis . |
| 23 | Lowe was quick to learn the various practices of the law profession , and decided upon conveyancing — transferring property from one person to another by purchase , lease or deed — as that branch of the law where his deafness was less of a handicap , and did so well that in the Michaelmas Term of 1829 , he took the prescribed oaths publicly in the Temple Hall and emerged as a Barrister of the Middle Temple — a most unprecedented event which created a sensation in the profession . |
| 24 | Martin Luther , whose own convictions had been tempered and proved like the finest steel , knew well that in the hour of trial each man must have his own convictions , or he will find himself with none . |
| 25 | ‘ I chose to go to South Africa in 1988 , knowing full well that in so doing I would miss out on England 's tour to Australia and Fiji . |
| 26 | I know very well that in many cases this is in the mind of the palaeontologist rather than in the rocky facts themselves . |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman knows only too well that in his autumn statement my right hon. Friend the Chancellor was able to announce a £1.4 billion boost to the railways and London Transport and an increase of more than 10 per cent . |
| 28 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 29 | Everything would be going well except for that damn business [ of the lost wallet ] . |
| 30 | Well except for third party , how long |