Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] well [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd waited for Lucy but then , when she had n't come out alone , he 'd stayed well back in the shadows . |
| 2 | Serbia had done well out of the Congress , but disliked the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( resistance to which was suppressed by force ) . |
| 3 | With the dreams of 1945 's Labour victory long gone , and the pretensions of the Conservatives painfully exposed it was the hour for the group of young meritocrats who had done well out of the peace , the Angry Young Men . |
| 4 | The flak even extended to the Prime Minister 's press office , which created a storm in parts of the media for suggesting that Scotland had done well out of the Budget . |
| 5 | Ladybirds have done well out of the exceptional summer , as have sweet chestnut trees ; this is the first year that I can recall collecting chestnuts locally that are large enough to eat . |