Example sentences of "well and [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , Byrne knew better and eventually resigned without making another move because he realised that he was due to be mated within four moves ! |
| 2 | It seems to follow from Darwin 's ideas that as the generations pass , so the organisms in a particular line of descent ( lineage ) must become better and better adapted to the prevailing conditions . |
| 3 | When he emerged , Dr Shakhar seemed to think that the talk had gone well and then asked for another audience . |
| 4 | If you can not do the whole garden at once , I have found it better to do a small area really well and then concentrate on another the next year . |
| 5 | She was able to carry out the simple reward programme which worked very well and then progressed to rewarding Luke for passing a motion in the lavatory . |
| 6 | The tournament has been well and truly annexed by the British for the past four years , and the form book still favours a non-American winner this time . |
| 7 | I 'm also sure that they 're well and truly hidden from prying eyes like yours or mine . ’ |
| 8 | The range of objectives to be met , and potential opponents , are narrower and this time the ground has already been well and truly broken by a predecessor . |
| 9 | She would be well and truly mystified by the sight of an elderly king who needs to be helped into his chair one minute , but can swing his cane around like a golf stick the next , and even more flummoxed by the depiction of a world in which the porter has closed circuit television , but the method of killing has n't changed a jot . |
| 10 | She had allowed her emotions to run wild over common sense and , now that she was well and truly embroiled in an impossible situation , found that her every reaction was triggered by her heart rather than her head . |
| 11 | For the first time Stirling are well and truly embroiled in the relegation area and unless they can start scoring points they are going to continue to struggle . |
| 12 | Christ 's message of peace and goodwill to all men has been well and truly eclipsed by today 's stars . |
| 13 | Your body fuel makes your engine tick over , and it 's good to know that the majority of the time it is being well and truly fed in the best possible way ! |
| 14 | Finally , government and unions entered into a Faustian agreement known as the ‘ social contract ’ ( 1974 ) , in which the government proved to be well and truly cast in the principal role . |
| 15 | Tredworth in green and black hoops were well and truly beaten on the field , but it is what went on off the field , that this cup game will be remembered for . |
| 16 | I got home that night full of excitement , a state which was quickly changed when my mother discovered that I was well and truly inundated with horse fleas . |
| 17 | This is an area in which young people 's enthusiasm has been well and truly aroused at school . |
| 18 | Here the men get well and truly separated from the cowboys . |
| 19 | Bolton , still smarting from a controversial refereeing decision that denied them a penalty and , they believe , victory at the County Ground at Swindon , had their opponents well and truly cornered at the start . |
| 20 | All pest control technicians are now well and truly plugged into the system , as all now operate the hand held PSIONS . |
| 21 | Central South helped rescue the leading car of Francis Tuthill and Anthony Showell who were well and truly stuck in a water hole and had to be towed out . |
| 22 | Rose knew that she had built on the foundations well and truly laid by Grandpa . |
| 23 | The idea is not to turn churches into fortresses , but to make sure the door is well and truly closed to criminals . |
| 24 | But by the time crime categories or definitions have been established , the most important foundation stone of ‘ our crime problem ’ has been well and truly buried in cement , beyond the reach of any liberal ‘ scientific ’ shovel . |
| 25 | They were well and truly entrenched in the old animosity now , Merrill thought . |
| 26 | An understanding of this should have been well and truly introduced into the minds of children by the time they are old enough to play such games as those which simulate parental behaviour . |
| 27 | The argument that converted barns provide housing for rural communities is well and truly scotched by the average price of conversions — well beyond the means of local people . |
| 28 | HUNDREDS of James Bond fans had the wool well and truly pulled over their eyes yesterday . |
| 29 | After that exploit , the ‘ penguin ’ equipment officer was well and truly grounded by a posting in 1940 to No 929 , a balloon barrage squadron which was then protecting shipping in the Firth of Forth . |