Example sentences of "do [adv] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the argument goes , OUP has — contrary to expectations in some quarters — done rather well since Sir Roger took over the reins . |
| 2 | According to Phillip Knightley , Philby had done rather better and was enjoying the comfortable lifestyle of a retired KGB general with his wife Rufa , had built up a library of 12,000 books , saw Western newspapers regularly and was able to maintain contact with his family in the West . |
| 3 | They had done so well that the convent put photographs of the two girls in the local paper . |
| 4 | I am delighted that they have done so well that it is now proposed , even in these difficult times , to increase their establishment . |
| 5 | I expect you remember the students at ‘ Holy Cross ’ , Maung Pe , now Bishop of Akyab , John Aung Hla , Bishop of Mandalay , and Ba Maw , Bishop of Toungoo — all Pop 's students , who have done so well and were so faithful during the Japanese occupation of Burma . |
| 6 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 7 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't suppose I 'd have done so well if Maggie had been in charge ’ he was a Minister in the Wilson government . |
| 9 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has done extremely well and will continue to do so for many years to come . |
| 10 | Well , from what I saw Rods ' goal was a very good goal — driven into the corner , and their goal was a short corner kick which was hit hopefully into the box … everyone was running out ( as you do ) but Wetherall had done extremely well and was covering the cross perfectly as a couple of Everton players lurked hopefully near the far post . |
| 11 | On a more phenomenological level , if we wanted some visual analogue to the associationist view of mental life we could not do much better than think of one of those ‘ psychedelic ’ slide-shows popular in the late 1960s , in which lights were projected through oil , producing coloured globs which met , merged and repelled in a series of kaleidoscopic patterns . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't need it but I 'll do much better than that . |
| 13 | Mr G Douglas Vaisey also suggests that others should start setting the comps : ‘ I 'm sure we [ we ? ] can do much better than Katie Mallett . ’ |
| 14 | By 1939 Europe could meet her own needs of agricultural products only in olive oil and wine ; in 1880 she could still do much better than this . |
| 15 | Even if a business was very efficient , he said , it was difficult to generate gross margins of more than 28% , whereas an efficient company in the fast-growing network market could do much better than that . |
| 16 | For them to develop properly they need guidance and a good example , and you ca n't do much better than have somebody like Fergie in your setup — somebody who has done and seen it all . ’ |
| 17 | Despite all their expectations ( and ample campaign funds ) they did not do much better than the GCP in 1954 . |
| 18 | The simple mouse-and-icons approach means putting together new forms or reports ought to be a doddle ; and for functions like queries or browsing , you ca n't do much better than the GUI . |
| 19 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 20 | but if I 'd have give it , had to give them some water they 'd have done much better but I , like everybody else we kept hoping it were gon na rain , but ! |
| 21 | Some — especially those in the south or those with a wide range of incentives such as regional and European Community assistance — have done much better than others . |
| 22 | Although average sales per outlet have shown a slight decrease in each of the last five years , some of our licensees have done much better than others . |
| 23 | They should have done much better as they dominated for long spells , but failed miserably in the art of scoring . |
| 24 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 25 | Paul had done less well than had been expected of him at Balliol , not through his own fault . |
| 26 | Corby and Wellingborough fall into this category , while others , for example , Milford Haven ( Dyfed ) and Tayside , have done less well because of factors such as distance from markets , location within depressed regions , and so on . |
| 27 | Universal and Paramount may do less well than last year . |
| 28 | Note that your essay in this case is not centrally concerned with Coleridge ; in fact you will almost certainly do less well if you write about Coleridge than if you discuss a different author . |
| 29 | It can not do any better than this since this is the iso-vote line which is tangential to the relevant Phillips curve . |
| 30 | In the short-term it might work as a morale-booster for players to see a fresh face , but in the long-term I do n't think anybody else could do any better than Howard . |