Example sentences of "go [adv] [adv] well " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Not that I 'm nervous about flying , but a quick gin and tonic always goes down rather well ! ’
2 It goes down equally well in roadside cafes and high class restaurants .
3 He commented , ‘ SCOTVEC provision with its flexibility of delivery and assessment goes down particularly well with our European partners .
4 All this , the home-cooking and a complimentary half bottle of wine ( per guest ) goes down very well with tired walkers .
5 ‘ Rather an acquired taste , ’ he replied , ‘ Taken chilled and with ice , it goes down quite well . ’
6 Why is it that a cup of tea goes down so well ?
7 Neither defence was likely to go down conspicuously well in a crowded House .
8 It seemed to go down very well .
9 The hardware requires very little in the way of dip-switch fiddling , and is accompanied by explicit manuals which explain what 's going on reasonably well .
10 If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess :
11 This was not , as far as Robert remembered , in the script , but it seemed to be going down rather well with the audience .
12 ‘ I 'm — fond of Travis — very fond , ’ she stated , then caught the dangerous glint in her employer 's eye that assured her that her prevarication was n't going down too well .
13 Ca n't see that going down very well !
14 The finger , too , seemed to be going down fantastically well with Quigley .
15 However , things went on very well at after that .
16 My slide shows did go down reasonably well , if only because while the lights were out , they had the chance to change places under cover of darkness in the hope of confusing you know who .
17 Half-a-dozen fresh eggs would go down very well with Taff and I this evening .
18 The whole audience was astounded and it did n't go down very well .
19 You 'd go down very well on the Moon , Alice .
20 That did n't go down very well an' then 'e asked me why .
21 ‘ I 'm not sure about the rum sour , whatever that is , but a gin and tonic would go down very well . ’
22 This did n't go down very well with the rest of the senate , but found great favour with Caesar , who allowed the sixty-first senator to keep umbrage .
23 Well why not , I do n't think that 'll go down very well
24 Tt , I probably could , but I do n't think it , it would go down very well with the students
25 It 's like that when I do my Victor Meldrew bit it 's er , does n't go down very well .
26 was w would not go down very well , i it , it would mean overturning the whole emphasis of policy and it would mean going against So you , A you would have to change your policy , B you would have to force the process .
27 Do n't go down very well .
28 Someone walked past her , and spilt all the drink down her front , that did n't go down very well .
29 But the pomp and splendour did not go down so well with Craig Chalmers .
30 I remember we did a live version of ‘ Space Oddity ’ with acoustic guitar , bass and congas and it did n't go down so well . ’
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