Example sentences of "do [adv] well as [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
2 | We 've got ta do as well as we can and we 've got ta try and get promotion this year . |
3 | We 've got ta do as well as we can and we 've got ta try and get promotion this year . |
4 | ‘ But one thing I do n't want to happen as time goes by is to sit down and say that I did n't do as well as I might have done in another tournament because I did n't put in enough effort . |
5 | ‘ You do n't do as well as she 's done in the majors without being a very good player , ’ said Jim Webb , the LPGA 's deputy commissioner . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Third , you have to believe that they can do as well as you . |
8 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
9 | They , you , are our inspiration , the reason we 've come as far and done as well as we have , the energy that drives us forward into the future . |
10 | Often he is afraid that these jobs will not be done , or not done as well as he would do them . |
11 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
12 | ‘ Oh , you will do very well as you are , child , ’ she replied . |
13 | 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 . ’ |
14 | But f***ing Newcastle … we did n't get this much parise our first season back … and I think we were doing as well as they are . |
15 | The two eldest kids are doing as well as they can and are bearing up as best as can be expected , ’ she said ‘ But my youngest boy has n't left my side since it happened . |
16 | Usually , to please Father , I would also go on a quick visit to one of his shops and sometimes I wondered if they were doing as well as he pretended . |
17 | Mcallister does seem to be overshadowed by him when he is on the pitch , looking for him to take the lead , provide the inspiration etc which strach is no longer doing as well as he once did . |
18 | cos these blooming policies are not doing as well as I expected |
19 | They are n't renowned for becoming millionaires after their footie days are over , so I suppose it 's a case of doing as well as you can while you can . |