Example sentences of "[verb] well at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One party can only do well at the expense of another , in competition for resources , recognition etc . |
| 2 | It was a Saturday night in February , and Jonathon Blagrave had done well at the town 's market . |
| 3 | Old Lillian Tibbs had done well at the Market . |
| 4 | He recalls a game with Durham 20 years ago when Darlington , going well at the time , were 12–0 down without touching the ball . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 7 | I'Anson Cup champions Churt CC are looking forward to the new season , having wintered well at the Bohunt School indoor nets . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Dalziel grunted and thought that Jacko must be doing well at the moment to be in , for him , so light-hearted a mood . |
| 11 | Fierce lock who jumps well at the front of the line-out . |
| 12 | All seems well at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | She tells Hello ! of her wishes for the baby : ‘ One is that everything goes well at the birth . |
| 14 | I hope everything goes well at the country cottage . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The old car went well at the start of the season , but attention to detail was wanting . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We were not playing well at the start and many of my players were tired after Great Britain 's tour in the summer . |
| 19 | Do n't choose a colour for its safety , because it is acceptable , or sells well at the art society exhibition . |
| 20 | Children who have a good general understanding of sound-symbol relationship , even if they do not spell well at the moment , are , as Margaret Peters says , " well on their way " to becoming good spellers . |
| 21 | Naturally , such a tale of musical turpitude sat well at the centre of a rather glibly ( and often inaccurately ) assembled documentary devoted to the somewhat tendentious premiss of its headline-catching title ; but it illustrates , too , how muddled and superficial — not to say unpleasingly moralistic — thinking on these matters can be . |
| 22 | Such an arrangement works well at the Viking Centre in York . |
| 23 | It 's a throw-in to David of Blackburn , down the right hand side , that one 's headed on by Stewart , the clearance from , is picked up by David who nipped in there ahead of and now here 's once more down the inside left channel , pushing it up towards the edge of the penalty area where holds it up well , they 're working well at the moment down that left hand side as gets it across , a snatched header comes in and it 's pushed behind by Chris for a corner kick , and we 're at the midway point of the second half , with Shrewsbury leading three two , Alan will describe it for you . |
| 24 | I was living at home and working well at the Co-op in Hammersmith , dealing with ledger sales , counting the cash , keeping it flowing . |