Example sentences of "very well [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , to those who er who have objected to erm a body of large numbers o o need to reduce it to sixteen er I would say that those on the er my Noble Friends on the front bench would do very well to give their attention to the possibility of reducing the number of the cabinet er to sixteen er er er I w er forebear from making er detailed suggestions |
| 2 | Seles admits she ca n't lob or serve very well to save her life . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've done very well to reach your present level . |
| 4 | ‘ All very well to say . |
| 5 | He estimates that an executive sous-chef working in a top London restaurant or hotel would be earning between £25,000 and £27,000 , whereas a head chef in contract catering at a director 's dining room , for example , would be doing very well to earn £20,000 . |
| 6 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |
| 7 | Group environmental manager Jon Lawrence said : ‘ Although the response to the competition was not particularly encouraging , Terry did very well to score so highly . |
| 8 | " I paid those moormen very well to tell that story . |
| 9 | The Kiwi coach has done very well to help the game reach communist China ( see July issue of RW&P , pages 56 and 57 ) where there are hopes that rugby might be introduced to the Chinese armed forces . |
| 10 | Erm bec they do n't speak either very well to start off with . |
| 11 | Immediately the visitors retaliated and Andy Tucker did very well to cross Andy Stocker 's overhead kick . |
| 12 | No you 've done very well to survive as well you have had a |
| 13 | ‘ David did very , very well to get through the Turkey game the way he did and if you were not aware that he had this problem with his knee , you would n't have known it was there . |
| 14 | " You 've done very well to get the thing cleared up so quickly , " I said . |
| 15 | On the whole , though it was a partly negative performance on Leeds part , I think we did very well to get a draw . |
| 16 | Having blown up his good engine in practice , Mark was forced to use his second motor in the race , and did very well to get as good a finish as he did . |
| 17 | And most clubs did very well to get three or four . |
| 18 | It was , therefore , a proud Rainer Zobel — the Kaiserslautern coach — who said : ‘ My players have done very well to come here and succeed . |
| 19 | It would suit them very well to have the tenancy of the house for at least another year . |
| 20 | You did very well to have gone birthday and get home in time for , whatever time it was you did |