Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [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 | Before considering making an application to the local council for a rent or rate rebate , an elderly person who is hard pressed financially should consider first whether her income is so low that she might do better to make an application for a supplementary pension , which brings with it other benefits ( previously described ) . |
| 7 | Typical of immigrants , her parents were anxious that she should do better than they and persuaded her to take up teaching as a profession . |
| 8 | All that is required is that she should climb better , harder , in more desperate circumstances than every man on the planet and we men will accept her as an equal . |
| 9 | She was always the brightest , and she was always the one who kept getting reports that she could do better . |
| 10 | The window was directly above a canal , and she opened the casements wider so that she could hear better . |
| 11 | And I tell you now in order that you may reckon well what chance is left of keeping any hope of peace alive , after this skirmish . |
| 12 | it may well be that you 'll say well , we want to put these in a specific order |
| 13 | And you 've been in a scenario where there 's one manager and there 's a few people who are n't in a managing role , but you are actually managers , maybe they 'd like a little reversal , I mean , I think some good things have come out of that , and possibly things that you 'd do better next time . |
| 14 | Finally , you have to believe that you can do better than them . |
| 15 | When this is the case , pre-meeting briefing of supporters to get them to ask the right questions ( ones that you can answer well ) and to t ring in relevant information and viewpoints is essential . |
| 16 | You know I think it , I think it 's something that you can say well you know , that 'd be one of our objectives |
| 17 | So if you are a composer hoping to get into supplying music for the AV industry , this is an off-the-shelf service that you will do well to reckon with . |
| 18 | More often than not , an east or north-east wind is cold and detrimental to good fishing , so you will invariably find that you will do better fishing into a west or south-west wind , particularly where attractive bottom features can be reached from the north or north-east bank . |
| 19 | Part of our case for the Radio News Network is that we must do better about telling our country about itself , not just in terms of law or education but also in terms of science , technology , medicine , the environment and an area where I personally have a great commitment — and that is coverage of business and our economy on which all our futures depend . |
| 20 | With that in mind , I am offering readers the thought that we should do well to upgrade the status of repossession from ungentlemanly pastime to true sport . |
| 21 | But assuming for the moment that we can do better than fight over the trough , how do we do it ? |
| 22 | But I hope that we can do better … |
| 23 | In other words we have to be able to demonstrate that we can do better by some sort of synergy in the group ; if we ca n't do that then the group is better broken up and the individual parts allowed to fly free and attract their own shareholding . |
| 24 | It is perhaps not too hazardous to say , despite this , that our capability is such that there is not much else that we can do better . |
| 25 | Another project seeks to understand precisely the vagueness of natural language , not only so that we can communicate better with computers , but also because vagueness is a valuable commodity for computation in general . |
| 26 | The Indo-Chinese ministers warned the ASEAN states that they would do well to accept the reality of Indo-China and offered to sign non-aggression treaties with them on a bilateral basis . |
| 27 | It is only fair to add that some lawyers play exactly the opposite role , persuading clients who are itching for a zero sum fight that they would do better to reach a nonzero sum settlement out of court . |
| 28 | Benny and Eve were in the window of Healy 's Hotel practising having cups of coffee so that they would look well accustomed to it when they got to the Dublin coffee houses . |
| 29 | He is also much more positive than many earlier organization theorists , who emphasized the complexities of individual behaviour in organizations but did little to help top managers except to say their task was very difficult and that they might do better if they understood that . |
| 30 | The Financial Times of June 28 described this review clause " ploy " as designed " to hold out the hope to countries which feel their aspirations unsatisfied in this constitutional revision that they may do better next time " . |