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 .
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