Example sentences of "[verb] well at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I first watched Michael Chang play tennis , ’ Jose recalls , ‘ I told several people that I believed Chang could do well at the French Open . |
| 2 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 3 | It was a Saturday night in February , and Jonathon Blagrave had done well at the town 's market . |
| 4 | Old Lillian Tibbs had done well at the Market . |
| 5 | He recalls a game with Durham 20 years ago when Darlington , going well at the time , were 12–0 down without touching the ball . |
| 6 | As usual , Dexter judged that Blanche — despite her misgivings — had performed well at the press conference , providing enough information to keep the newspapers happy without compromising the investigation . |
| 7 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 8 | I'Anson Cup champions Churt CC are looking forward to the new season , having wintered well at the Bohunt School indoor nets . |
| 9 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 10 | Neither the neo-Nazi thugs nor the Republicans who threaten to do well at the polls next year point to anything like a return to the days of Hitler . |
| 11 | Certainly Mr Lamont did not perform well at the hustings ; arguably his Budget last month did not in retrospect maximise the opportunities , limited though they were . |
| 12 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 13 | Analysis of the moment-by-moment changes in performance over a ten-minute period has shown that while the sleep-deprived subject may be performing well at the beginning , all responses are slowed towards the end , as well as frank lapses occurring . |
| 14 | The Modern Picture World reported that this ‘ daring ’ film was doing well at the De Kalb theatre in Brooklyn and that when it opened on Broadway the ‘ socialist ’ Upton Sinclair would be present at each performance . |
| 15 | Dalziel grunted and thought that Jacko must be doing well at the moment to be in , for him , so light-hearted a mood . |
| 16 | Citrine insisted that the departmental chief officers met with his full-time colleagues on the Authority weekly , encouraging the officers to comment on general policy matters rather than confining their comments to their own specialisms : a method he had found worked well at the TUC . |
| 17 | Fierce lock who jumps well at the front of the line-out . |
| 18 | Muhtarram , who finished fourth , looked to be travelling well at the three-furlong marker but had no answer to the first two when the pressure was applied . |
| 19 | All seems well at the moment . ’ |
| 20 | I hope everything goes well at the country cottage . ’ |
| 21 | Preston and London East are already there ( CONGRATULATIONS ! ) and I know you have all been working hard to ensure the National Assessment goes well at the end of November . |
| 22 | She tells Hello ! of her wishes for the baby : ‘ One is that everything goes well at the birth . |
| 23 | A new oral drug has been selected for clinical trials which are progressing well at The Royal Marsden Hospital . |
| 24 | The old car went well at the start of the season , but attention to detail was wanting . |
| 25 | Weir and Wainwright did well at the line-out and the loose forwards were just as quick and creative as their much more illustrious opponents . |
| 26 | We were not playing well at the start and many of my players were tired after Great Britain 's tour in the summer . |
| 27 | Seldom , do you see two players play well at the same time . |
| 28 | Very few runners can have as wide as range of distance as Rod Dixon of New Zealand , who performed well at the full range of competitive distances , taking the bronze medal in the 1972 Olympic 1500 metres , fourth in the '76 Olympic 5000 and winning the '83 New York City Marathon . |
| 29 | Do n't choose a colour for its safety , because it is acceptable , or sells well at the art society exhibition . |
| 30 | It does well at the lower temperature , and will take some time to adapt to the temperatures above 70°F . |