Example sentences of "[adv] well as [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
| 3 | Dysart nodded , considered the point for a moment then said : ‘ Some might say it was a sign she had n't recovered as well as we 'd hoped . ’ |
| 4 | Intelligent input/output board supplier , Byfleet , Surrey-based Specialix Ltd , says its flagship product , the transputer-based RIO controller , is n't going down the storm that it had hoped it would : even OEM deals with the likes of Groupe Bull SA have not boosted sales , says marketing director , Ian Cummins , ‘ RIO is not selling as well as we thought it would … and our estimations on its performance in the market are nine months ahead of what has actually happened ’ . |
| 5 | I think it still is the way forward and I do n't think it was so much that things went wrong as that they did n't go as well as we had hoped for the women elections to the shadow cabinet . |
| 6 | ‘ I will be more than happy if we play as well as we did against Stockport County , providing we get a little luck . |
| 7 | The RCM understood this as well as they understood the realities of keeping up the supply of foster parents . |
| 8 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 9 | ‘ If they succeed as well as they did when they 're not trying to kill you , what might n't they achieve if they decide they do want to ? |
| 10 | erm If United can play as well as they did this afternoon and Oldham perform as well as we know they can , we 're in for a really tremendous game of football . |
| 11 | She knew it almost as well as she knew London . |
| 12 | She should have done so ages ago ; and if she knew her friend as well as she thought she did , then she would be intrigued and delighted by the whole affair . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , he 'll get over that , ’ Terry said with the confidence of a sister who did n't know her brother as well as she thought she did . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Although they never spoke directly of Lachlan , each knew the other 's mind ; though not as well as she believed . |
| 16 | I knew the ground as well as she did , and while she had no reason to suspect my intentions towards her , I had the advantage of knowing , very clearly , her intentions towards me . |
| 17 | Knowing the cat as well as she did , Mildred could see that , despite its size , it was frightened out of its wits . |
| 18 | And she does not hear them as well as she did once . |
| 19 | She had not quite the disdain of him that she put into what she said ; and perhaps he knew it as well as she did . |
| 20 | Travis knew it as well as she did . |
| 21 | Dandelion swam as well as he ran , swiftly and easily . |
| 22 | If he runs the country as well as he ran the campaign we 'll be alright . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Moores said the manager had been worried for some time that he was not feeling as well as he thought he should . |
| 24 | But if he knew his Commander as well as he thought he did , there would be little chance of that . |
| 25 | She hoped he spoke English as well as he wrote it and she hoped too that his slightly censorious tone did not surface as he met her in Paris . |
| 26 | Nigel 's novel was not doing quite as well as he had hoped . |
| 27 | Once we had worked together to help him regain his faith , he was able to go on to play just as well as he had done before ; indeed , now that he had remembered the feeling of success , he was able to play even better . |
| 28 | He knew the trees and waterfalls as well as he knew his own children . |
| 29 | She thought she could know him as well as he knew himself . |
| 30 | Memories of shared evenings , with cans of beer and football on the TV , flooded back to Bodie ; shared hours with Ray Doyle , mad pursuits , of cars , of women , shared jokes , anger , support ; he knew this small apartment almost as well as he knew his own . |