Example sentences of "did [adv] [vb infin] well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boswell had a fire in his ‘ most elegant ’ room overlooking the sea , but he did not sleep well because the sea made its wild noises , and the pillows were stuffed with the feathers of ‘ some sea-fowl , which had to me a disagreeable smell ’ . |
| 2 | The fact is that the song did not sell well because , let's face it , it was a bloody awful record … ’ |
| 3 | She was n't one of these poor deprived kids who slipped in through an open window or an inadequately locked door and then did not know better than to steal a television or a video . |
| 4 | He did not write well because he had learned his letters late in life and , though Lucille had made him into a much better reader , he was still clumsy with a pen or pencil . |
| 5 | Both were loaded with works which , as Heinz Berggruen says , ‘ Did n't do well because they were n't any good ’ . |