Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] done [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had never been pushed academically , although there is no doubt she had the intelligence to have done far better than she ever did . |
| 2 | Ardeshir Zahedi had done far better than that . |
| 3 | Says his admiring boss Peter Reid : ‘ Mike has done really well since he came in . |
| 4 | From Figure 4.3 it can be seen that shareholders of Jaguar have done very well since privatisation — especially as a result of the bid from Ford . |
| 5 | Although average sales per outlet have shown a slight decrease in each of the last five years , some of our licensees have done much better than others . |
| 6 | ‘ It turned out to be pretty energy-sapping record to make , actually , but the last two albums have done pretty well so we had the luxury of doing some hit-or-miss experimentation in the studio . |
| 7 | The General Council of British Shipping quotes a survey as reporting that those ships which had been found to use the Minches route had done so only because of poor weather conditions . |
| 8 | Paul had done less well than had been expected of him at Balliol , not through his own fault . |