Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] well [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was much bigger than me and very fast , so I think I did well to get a 14–9 points verdict over the three rounds . |
| 2 | Erm you had a statement of Barbara 's , if it was in there , it was planned so that you crew can work harder erm although you filled in the bonus question well , the there was a tend dangerous tendency for you be sucked in to go into the bonus and I think you did well to say yeah well we 'd better walk along to that so you held out which was nice because if I had if you had n't tackled that you might have been shown the door once you 'd gone through that . |
| 3 | You did well to spot it . |
| 4 | ‘ We did well to battle our way back after twice being a goal behind , ’ said Crosby , relieved to end a dismal run of six consecutive away league defeats . |
| 5 | I think we did well to wait until now do you ? |
| 6 | I think we did well to buy bread |
| 7 | They 've had some good results themselves recently ( thanks to Chappie ) , and we did well to avoid dropping points . |
| 8 | Thorpe B are already relegated , but they played well to hold Jaywick A to a draw , Tony Bull taking a maximum three , and Robin Rush chipping in with a good win over Doug Green . |
| 9 | The expansion of American medical research , much of the finest quality , attracted European doctors who aspired to a scientific career , and they did well to spend a year or two in an American laboratory , or even to emigrate there altogether . |
| 10 | they did well to beat Notts County did n't they ? |
| 11 | He played well to finish joint third in the Dubai Open , where he played all four rounds under par , but missed the cut in the Johnnie Walker Classic in Singapore . |
| 12 | He did well to hook in his tenth of the season . |
| 13 | Thereafter he did well to hold the round together , being helped by Palmer 's improvement which included him holing a 75ft putt for a two in a first-round 75 . |
| 14 | He did well to hold off the challenge , battling bravely to last home by a short head . |