Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pron] well " in BNC.
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1 | The girl that did most of the kissing was the worst kisser , I wo n't say her name although I remember it well . |
2 | ‘ She was so bad that I thought it well to have oxygen administered ; this I procured from Blake , Edgar 's . |
3 | ‘ Oh , it 's not that I think myself better , not a bit . |
4 | You may say also that I think it well that the musters of the northern counties should prepare themselves for possible action against the Scots at the same date , and those along the south coast should be ready to resist any assault by sea from my enemies in Europe . |
5 | The doctors say he might go off sudden-like , so I thought I better warn you . ’ |
6 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
7 | But I did know the Alice Liddell — who better ? — and I remember her well . |
8 | In the words of Alfieri : ‘ Most of the time now we settle for half and I like it better . ’ |
9 | As well as this he mentions the issue of settling for half , ‘ Now we settle for half , and I like it better . ’ |
10 | Here Alfieri repeats one of the main issues raised in his introduction , ‘ Most of the time now we settle for half and I like it better . ’ |
11 | ‘ Most of the time now we settle for half and I like it better ’ . |
12 | So she relayed that and I heard it Well what about the small stuff ? |
13 | ‘ Brian said he felt Jason could do us a job , and I know him well enough to realise that his judgement is worth following . |
14 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
15 | That 's what Roy done , you know why , he come into my house and I goes you better not come in my door he 'll attack you . |
16 | you see , and I felt myself well they 're , they 're Plymouth , they were all born in Devonport and Plymouth |
17 | ‘ At the record company party , on their hands a dead star at last , the sycophantic slags all say , ‘ I knew him best and I knew him well ’ . ’ |
18 | ‘ I do it and I do it well , ’ he figures . |
19 | She goes on in formulaic terms : ( " He [ my husband ] loves me and I love him well ; our love is as true as steel " ) |
20 | And I suppose I better get er Carl 's birthday card while I 'm at it . |
21 | I might scribble them down if I like them well enough . ’ |
22 | I can not choose something as an end simply because a wiser man tells me I would want it if I understood myself better , because I can not choose ends at all by inferring from facts about my inclinations ; the choice of an end is nothing else but the spontaneous settling of inclination in one direction or other , and the honest or self-deceiving interpretation of its goal . |
23 | If I loose it well , it 's , hard cheese . |
24 | Well look if I give you well there 's two pink ovals with envelopes and three green ones . |
25 | If Dave is looking over Andy 's shoulder for someone more influential to talk to , then his sub-text is ‘ I 'm being cursorily polite until I see someone better . ’ |
26 | ‘ But I remember them well , ’ the landlord continued hastily . |
27 | The chap who had been kind enough to get me my pint said , ‘ I was only a young chap at the time but I remember him well . |
28 | Not er not so many now but it 's er we 've still got members but I mean we well we 're you know all about that you 're the front |
29 | ‘ But I know you better than he does ! |
30 | ‘ It was a risk , ’ he agreed silkily , ‘ but I considered it well worth it . |