Example sentences of "[pron] be well [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The radically different results obtained by considering and applying such relationships or by totally ignoring them are well illustrated in two of the currently available recordings of the work . |
| 2 | As types of enterprise , neither these nor their implications for the labour employed in them are well understood . |
| 3 | Many of them are well known , such as Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle , but we have to ensure that people are aware that some of the lesser-known sites they visit are in the care of Historic Scotland , and that they realise many more are on offer , ’ says Bill . |
| 4 | Hamilton and I are well established now , of course , in our agreeable villa , with our three maids , plus Tolo the gardener , and the dog , Bustos . |
| 5 | ‘ I am well trained , ’ Ana laughed , showing a confidence that astounded Maggie . |
| 6 | ‘ No , no , laddie , I am well served , I that thought just to serve my man ! |
| 7 | I am well served as princes go , and I have wit to know it . |
| 8 | I am writing this letter in a personal capacity , but as Chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the Membership & Recruitment Committee , perhaps I am well placed to comment on the debate on entry requirements . |
| 9 | If , for example , I am engaged in reading a text on a subject in which I am well versed ( where the ideational or content schema is familiar ) , which has been written in a manner conventionally associated with writing on this subject ( where the interpersonal or formal schema is familiar ) , then I shall only need to pay attention to the linguistic signs to the extent that they key in this schematic knowledge and indicate how it is to be extended . |
| 10 | I am my Father 's son — I am well treated , but out of my depth . |
| 11 | ‘ Doctors said the fact that I am well built was in my favour , ’ said Ged , of Barn Hey Farm , Netherley , near Liverpool . |
| 12 | I am well known here for the checkings I make of the movement of ships . ’ |
| 13 | I am well known in much of the country by various men of standing including the Duke of Marlborough . |
| 14 | Think about those good points ( I am well organised ; I 'm a caring person and so on ) and give yourself as much credit as you would give someone else with those qualities ; |
| 15 | But I am well preserved , Alida thought , turning a little to the glass , I have taken care . |
| 16 | ‘ I am well acquainted with your family — ’ she told Joan ‘ — and recall most vividly the duke your father , whose soul God pardon ! ’ |
| 17 | But I , I 've only just come in , so I 'm well arsed . |
| 18 | I 'm well blessed . |
| 19 | I 'm well covered ! |
| 20 | Me — I 'm well paid to fight , ’ shouted Eusebio . |
| 21 | I 'm well educated and I 've got two children and I can manage pretty well , there 's a number of much more essential things that I know how to do , but I ca n't do those ones , and when they come up I feel like weeping myself sick . " |
| 22 | The Arts : I may be odd but I 'm well informed |
| 23 | Women wear saris and I 'm well known for my spicy food . |
| 24 | ‘ Like all Sards , I 'm well known for my gallantry . ’ |
| 25 | I really enjoyed getting people going — yes , I 'm well acquainted with the wooden spoon . |
| 26 | I 'm well acquainted with all the usual ploys . ’ |
| 27 | But this — I 'm well briefed on the subject , this is n't my own knowledge — is a fine , full-weight aureus from two hundred years previously , enormously enhanced in value . |
| 28 | I do sit out in the sun occasionally , but I make sure I 'm well protected . |
| 29 | As I said , I 'd no idea he was the one who was threatening me and I simply thought I was well shot of him , quite frankly . ’ |
| 30 | Er I drunk erm I think I drunk two two cans or maybe three cans of Scrumpy Jack and then a can of Supertricks and I was well gone I , I had to pass out . |