Example sentences of "[vb pp] well but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The recession has had a severe impact upon the advertising market but by sheer hard work , backed by increasing readership we have been able to increase revenues over our last financial year — we would like to have done better but we are pleased to have held our own in a difficult market . ’ |
| 2 | Both girls had done well but Sheila had done brilliantly . |
| 3 | That old smarty pants Dr Samuel Johnson was fond of saying that a woman preaching was like a dog standing on hind legs — it was not done well but it was surprising to find it done at all . |
| 4 | And he has done well but then runs into trouble in the considerable shape of Ormanroyd who knocks it long . |
| 5 | I should have known better but I got a booking about half past nine in the evening . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , in both experiments there was a clear tendency for risky exemplars of risky junctions to be recognized well but for risky exemplars of less risky junctions to be recognized badly . |
| 7 | I 've putted well but have n't holed anything . ’ |
| 8 | I 've putted well but have n't holed anything . ’ |
| 9 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 10 | I would be paid well but I had to keep my mouth shut . ’ |