Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] [verb] well " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was plainly my bent and that I would do well to follow up this line of art rather than branch out into some other road of work . |
| 2 | He thinks that I could do better than just a clerical job . |
| 3 | I always feel that I could do better ’ |
| 4 | I wished that I could talk well , and could continue this conversation until animosity was dissipated and we could all stand on some common ground , but I knew enough to admit that this would n't happen , and that the longer the talk went on the further apart we should all grow . |
| 5 | Oh , if I 'd known that I 'd have well , thanks . |
| 6 | to yourself I 'll do better next time and I 'll do better next time and it 's , it 's all the time I must try harder next time ! |
| 7 | And I 'll think better of cricket only if the Daily Mirror 's cheque for £5,000 goes to charity . |
| 8 | And I thought , I 'm just going to wait and see what he says , and I 'll say well they 'll be walking round naked cos he 's not bought them a pair of socks , pants , T-shirt jumper , nowt . |
| 9 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 10 | It 's haunted , and I would keep well away from it . |
| 11 | And I 'd say well if there are two parents there whether it 's whether they 're married or whether they 're not , the parents are there together , it was shared equally . |
| 12 | Well she was staying overnight at some wee girl 's house and I 'd say well that 's alright as long as you 're as long as , you know , that know the wee girl 's mother maybe , she 's a daughter a wee bit older than Lindsey herself who had the , but no this mother see she was divorced and going with these men and let her daughter stay out to half eleven , and Lindsey was , n was n't in her house till half eleven . |
| 13 | but she was getting there , her and Bren were er conferring you see I 'd sort of gone through what I 'd done and every now and again she 'd say well I 've done this and I 'd say well it 's right . |
| 14 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 15 | And I could say well I , I 've never done this . |
| 16 | She used to say , say , phone up and say she was and I used to say well where give me the address , just anything happens to us |
| 17 | The senior porter had said , ‘ Sign here , please , Nurse , ’ and been kind when he had to wait until I could see well enough to sign that No. 4 was David Alistair Grant from Arthur Ward . |
| 18 | Well I used to share a , share this flat with my mate and erm you know , she got a bit out of hand , she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study cos I used to go well I still try to go to college , but erm you know , it was really hard for me to study and made my life really , really difficult ! |
| 19 | But I 'll think better over a pastis . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd love to splash out on lovely bits of lacy stuff , but I 'd do better spending my money on a deep-fat fryer for all the notice my other half would take . |
| 21 | It would n't be , I would n't say oh no you ca n't have it , but I 'd say well you 'll receive it in a couple of days time and if they said oh well that 's not good enough , then fair enough , you , you know . |
| 22 | ‘ NOT SO good as ‘ Charming Man ’ say some , but I 'd say better . |