Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] well in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd keep him well in the running . |
| 2 | He served me well in the attack on the T'ang 's Plantations . ’ |
| 3 | Pound , following a polemical strategy which served him well in the short run ( but which later back-fired ) deliberately provoked the academic classicists of his day ; and his use of his sources , classical and other , was always both hasty and high-handed . |
| 4 | His honest , square-jawed and faintly familiar face served him well in the real estate business . |
| 5 | All these qualities served him well in the kind of politics he preferred to practise — those of unobtrusive influence and persuasion . |
| 6 | By nine months your doctor and midwife will have gathered and recorded sufficient details about your pregnancy to keep them well in the picture for the arrival of your baby . |
| 7 | The paring of hooker and tight-head going for the opponents ' ball is a great skill which will serve them well in the adult game . |
| 8 | Aldershot 's neat football , in difficult windy conditions , kept them well in the game and for long spells they were firmly in control . |
| 9 | Do they feed you well in the mess ? ’ |
| 10 | This has served us well in the past and continues to do so now . |
| 11 | Music has served us well in the past . |
| 12 | We have now collected a good number of formulae which will serve us well in the following sections . |
| 13 | The midseason was disappointing , but by the end of July , in Holland and a fortnight later in Germany , Jackie had notched up his fourth and fifth victories of the season and a second place in Austria put him well in the lead . |
| 14 | But Leonskaja 's big technique serves her well in the Scherzo and finale , which come over with more spontaneity , and , in the finale , there is a pleasing warmth in the lyrical second melody at 1′20″ . |
| 15 | Bracknell 's youth team keeper , Dean Simmons was soon under pressure and as early as the ninth minute , Abingdon took the lead ; having forced a corner , Keith Appleton swung the ball into the area , Steve Aries won it well in the air , and knocked it down to Liam Herbert who crashed his shot past Simmons to make it one nil . |
| 16 | The nuns and my mother , though schooling me well in the use of items such as forks , napkins , gloves , had omitted instructions on the manipulation of lips , arms , legs , cunt . |
| 17 | The spots of the leopard ( opposite ) lurking in the long grass help to destroy the solidity of its form , and the dappled patches on the coat of the clouded leopard ( above , left ) conceal it well in the broken light of the forest . |