Example sentences of "[noun] did [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These succeeded in bringing out the noble , Edwardian character of the music ; but failed to convey adequately its restless , questioning and sometimes despairing elements — as Elgar 's performances did so clearly . |
| 2 | At the other end of the scale , Labour did impressively well in some boroughs . |
| 3 | The north Essex side did extremely well to beat Redbridge and Ilford by the handsome score of 4–1 in the semi-final , but the rugged nature of that game paid its price . |
| 4 | ‘ It was an important game for us , ’ he said , ‘ and the players who came into the side did very well . |
| 5 | Those in the Thames Estuary were moderately successful , but the Nene Valley industry did even better and , later , the Humber provided the same means for the E. Yorkshire potters who gained an eventual monopoly of the military market in the fourth century . |
| 6 | Further those who managed to survive the first university term did reasonably well but did not excel . |
| 7 | Children whose mums joined the US programme did much better at school , added Anne . |
| 8 | According to Tony Taig , business development executive for utilities and the team 's sponsor , the lads did really well . |
| 9 | Wetherall did very well against Dowie who was literally a handful the whole match . |
| 10 | Harrington did well temporarily for the same reason as my original Cheat did . |
| 11 | Unfortunately confidence in this practice was somewhat sapped when the House of Lords decided that , if the officer of the company who certified the transfer did so fraudulently and for his own purposes when sufficient share certificates had not in fact been lodged , the company was not liable . |
| 12 | Most people who supported the government when it joined the ERM did so not because they believed the forecasters ( although they were happy to do this ) , but because they believed , as a matter of principle , in the ‘ New Consensus ’ — that the active use of macroeconomic policy can only have an adverse effect and that market forces alone can deliver non-inflationary growth and full employment . |
| 13 | Ben Hanbury 's three-year-old completely missed the break in that 16-runner event and in the circumstances did extremely well to finish sixth , 12½ lengths behind Musicale . |
| 14 | The companies did particularly well . |
| 15 | Unionists did not wish to stand down where they had a candidate of their own ready to fight ; in these circumstances , the NDP did remarkably well in 1918 , winning eleven seats , all in Labour strongholds where neither Unionists nor Coalition Liberals had much desire to stand , and they beat both MacDonald and Henderson . |
| 16 | In elections for the Regional Council , held on Oct. 14 , 1990 , the separatists did unexpectedly well [ see p. 37770 ] . |
| 17 | Rozario did well then . |
| 18 | England did really well did n't they ? |
| 19 | But the real the real glorious irony I think that cheers up erm psephologists like me , political analysists , is that in those May elections the Conservatives did dramatically well compared to what they 'd done in the general election . |
| 20 | The political continuity is also apparent in the fact that the Conservatives did comparatively little , on returning to power in 1951 , to dismantle the ‘ welfare state ’ . |
| 21 | Longman did particularly well in the U K , although coeternal markets were difficult and er , sales in the schools markets in er , North America was hard going for Addison Wesley , with U S physical problems restricting the , amou money that schools had to er , had to use . |
| 22 | Er , Profile did very well , increasing sales by twelve percent last year and following the deal with Texline er , sales moving well ahead again this year . |
| 23 | Women who entered voluntary work during the inter-war years did so largely because it provided them with a diversion from household routine . |
| 24 | And the Cid Ruydiez did so well , and made such mortality among the Moors , that the blood ran from his wrist to his elbow ! great pleasure had he in his horse Bavieca that day , to find himself so well mounted . |
| 25 | It is important for us all to remember that everyone who shared in the meeting did so out of good conscience and with a genuine desire to find God 's will for us . |
| 26 | There were archers with them , but not a great company , and some three-score men-at-arms , all mounted ; and a knot of bright devices he could not quite read at that distance , though their colours did almost as well . |
| 27 | Many of her poems did well abroad ; ‘ Flanders ’ Fields ’ used in pamphlet form raised over a million dollars in the U.S.A. and this poem was also used at the ceremony for the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery near Washington D.C. It is inscribed on a scroll inside the chapel there . |
| 28 | Erm , Products and Services did very well internationally , in fact the entire business did well internationally , generally , particularly in Venezuela , Nigeria and by year end the er , joint venture in Russia was er , was complete and ready to start . |
| 29 | The business did very well with the two lads greatly appreciated locally for their hard work and quality of service . |
| 30 | ‘ And you and your team did well also . ’ |