Example sentences of "did well [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning well inside the box he side-stepped Birney to hammer in a shot which McConnell did well to push out for a corner . |
| 2 | I think we did well to wait until now do you ? |
| 3 | Roy Stone , the 22-year-old lightweight from Middlesex in his first major international , did well to take Bertalan Hajtos , Hungary 's 1986 European champion , to a decision . |
| 4 | Louis did well to take Carlat , its fortifications natural as well as man-made . |
| 5 | Stephen Pears did well to block Soloman 's shot but could do nothing to prevent Steve Butler tapping the ball into the open goal . |
| 6 | Five minutes later the Larne keeper again did well to block a Ferguson shot on the line after the home defence had failed to clear a Williamson corner . |
| 7 | While Merseyside did well to restrict the opposition to 22 at Smethwick , the Midlanders were too strong for our local bowlers and an overall deficit of 53 shots speaks for itself . |
| 8 | The brave duo 's bid ended at Orrell but Rice did well to finish the stage in 10th place but Lotz came in 78th on the stage at 13 mins 25 secs . |
| 9 | Newcastle did well to finish third in the British women 's club team championship at Sheffield with Samantha Foggo finishing first in the 800m freestyle . |
| 10 | ‘ We did well to battle our way back after twice being a goal behind , ’ said Crosby , relieved to end a dismal run of six consecutive away league defeats . |
| 11 | You did well to spot it . |
| 12 | Wicket-keeper Fothergill did well to hang on to the ball low to his right , especially as the whole team went up in jubilation before the ball had reached his gloves . |
| 13 | He did well to hook in his tenth of the season . |
| 14 | In tough conditions , Trower did well to record 1 hr. 8 mins. 22 secs. against the winner 's 1–3–54 and gain 18th place out of 52 starters . |
| 15 | Erm you had a statement of Barbara 's , if it was in there , it was planned so that you crew can work harder erm although you filled in the bonus question well , the there was a tend dangerous tendency for you be sucked in to go into the bonus and I think you did well to say yeah well we 'd better walk along to that so you held out which was nice because if I had if you had n't tackled that you might have been shown the door once you 'd gone through that . |
| 16 | Lloyd did well to nurse Small through one or two key matches , relying on the bowler 's experience even when not flat out . |
| 17 | He says he did well last this , now he wants to win . |
| 18 | A pass from Venus sounds like the definitive long-ball game , and Villa 's central defenders , Paul McGrath and Mountfield , did well to defend a series of attacks that came out of the night sky . |
| 19 | A person did well to reach the age of 45 . |
| 20 | Simmons seemed saved shots from Herbert and Aries and did well to turn away a goalbound shot from Appleton . |
| 21 | United had one more chance six minutes before the end when Martin Foyle did well to turn on the ball ; in the edge of the penalty area he hit a shot low and hard towards the corner of the net but it just drifted wide of the far post and United 's chance had gone . |
| 22 | Six minutes later Cliff Powell also went close but Paul Whittington did well to tip the ball over . |
| 23 | With ten minutes to go , Paul Whittington did well to tip the ball over the Milton bar on two occasions as Lane pressed for the equaliser . |
| 24 | The expansion of American medical research , much of the finest quality , attracted European doctors who aspired to a scientific career , and they did well to spend a year or two in an American laboratory , or even to emigrate there altogether . |
| 25 | Thereafter he did well to hold the round together , being helped by Palmer 's improvement which included him holing a 75ft putt for a two in a first-round 75 . |
| 26 | Ants had to play the first quarter one player short and did well to hold the Saracens to 9–9 . |
| 27 | Took up some good positions , had one half chance which the keeper did well to hold , and then chased after a long ball , outrun 2 defenders , hit it first time from 25 yards or so — straight into the bottom right corner , well the keeper got a slight touch which lifted it a bit higher but you get the idea . |
| 28 | He did well to hold off the challenge , battling bravely to last home by a short head . |
| 29 | Mick did well to hold a cross from Tony McGovern before , with a minute of the first half remaining , City scored their third . |
| 30 | I did well getting away not handing them in , ’ said Mr Lavery . |