Example sentences of "do [adv] well as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She 's just come out of Saint Mary 's did n't do as well as she thought , or everybody else hoped she would do in her A levels , so is now retaking one .
2 " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics .
3 They , you , are our inspiration , the reason we 've come as far and done as well as we have , the energy that drives us forward into the future .
4 But managing director Mr Peter Jarvis admitted : ‘ Because of the squeeze on spending , retailing , particularly in the South-east , is not doing so well as we had hoped . ’
5 Usually , to please Father , I would also go on a quick visit to one of his shops and sometimes I wondered if they were doing as well as he pretended .
6 cos these blooming policies are not doing as well as I expected
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