Example sentences of "[verb] well [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 2 | He said they played well in the first half , but then things went wrong in the second half , when Orrell had a bit of luck in scoring after a knock on . |
| 3 | " Now " is better used in study than in unprofitable re-writing of what should have been done well in the first place . |
| 4 | Sean Gregan , Lee Ellison and Anthony Isaacs all products of the youth policy , have all done well in the first team this season . |
| 5 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 6 | Smith added : ‘ We did n't plan for a start like that , but it helped us to play well in the first half . |
| 7 | OMEGA products have performed well in the first half of the year achieving significant growth in volume compared with last year . |
| 8 | Courier , who had not played well during the first two sets , said he received a pep talk from Agassi that really picked up his spirits . |
| 9 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 10 | ESSEX champions Braintree 's challenge for promotion to the East Super League started well in the first of three play-off matches against Pelicans , from King 's Lynn . |
| 11 | Erm , all goes well for the first two years , no real problems there , the client is now , had an accident , an illness , sickness or whatever , now needs to claim on the policy . |
| 12 | There is really very little excuse for the student wandering out of reach of the field if he has been taught well in the first place . |
| 13 | UK Life operations continued to perform well in the first three months of the year . |
| 14 | Still , Potter said that as ‘ sales , profitability and liquidity have progressed well in the first quarter and the outlook is good ’ , the board is recommending an increase in the final dividend to 1.5 pence from 1.4 pence per share last time . |
| 15 | It might go well for the first three or four months , and then all of a sudden we might have a lapse in a few months , |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the yacht did well on the first leg , finishing sixth . |
| 17 | American oil companies did well in the first quarter , helped by fat profits on refining . |
| 18 | ‘ I think we did well in the first game at Ibrox , despite the result . |
| 19 | A great wave of Greek influence in Rome began in the mid-second century BC with the conquest of Greece , and lasted well into the first century , by which time it had become a well-established fashion for young men of well-to-do families to complete their education in Athens . |
| 20 | Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures . |