Example sentences of "well for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 2 | Again , this worked well for a while . |
| 3 | This goes down well for a while , until the ‘ MC ’ puppet finally orders them to ‘ kindly leave the stage ’ or to be quiet . |
| 4 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |
| 5 | It worked very well for a while . |
| 6 | It had been a wet , raw winter , with the ground waterlogged and streams running high ; but at least there had been little snow and the hill passes were open , which was just as well for a journey to mid-Annandale . |
| 7 | The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … |
| 8 | Something vulnerable in her manner brings out an element of sadism in the way the long final act teases her endurance ; but it also makes the denouement extremely touching , and the part lies well for a voice that has managed Janacek 's Capture as well as Verdi 's Violetta . |
| 9 | McMaster moved from the seaside to take up a new teaching post in Drumahoe near Londonderry last week , and decided to make the break with the club he has served so well for a decade . |
| 10 | There was n't the faintest trace of pity in his face as he saw the defeated posture , just a glimmer of satisfaction that his own plans were starting to go well for a change . |
| 11 | Done well for a change . |
| 12 | It 's quite a good thing as well for A type people , is to read , read books . |
| 13 | Last weekend well for a couple of weeks she 's been on a downer . |
| 14 | For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's . |
| 15 | When Cuthbert died ( also in 687 ) Wilfrid administered Lindisfarne as well for a year until the appointment of Bishop Eadberht in 688 ( HE IV , 29 ) . |
| 16 | He did well for a year before developing intermittent rectal incontinence . |
| 17 | It demands respect , and it demands commitment , but it does the job amazingly well for a car on transverse cart springs and a chassis that 's based on what looks no more than two parallel lengths of drainpipe . |
| 18 | Well for a Thursday , look at the car park ! |
| 19 | He 's doing pretty well for a puppet . |
| 20 | ‘ And that will be when people stop saying ‘ Eeh , have n't you done well for a woman ’ . ’ |
| 21 | It seemed as if that was going to be in doubt as well for a moment , but then he swung the door wide in a parody of a silent welcome . |
| 22 | ‘ Well for a start , madam , you could tell the captain . |
| 23 | ‘ Well for a start we 're going to get everyone into shape to cross the G'bai . |
| 24 | Well for a start they 're all . |
| 25 | Well for a start half of them , the shape of them is n't very conven it 's not very good for ar arranging things . |
| 26 | Well for a start it 's not a joke , but it does bring a wry smile in the aftermath of Ireland 's crunching victory over England last week . |
| 27 | Some mothers can enjoy and care well for a baby in arms , but are disturbed by and neglectful of a toddler who starts to express independence and move away as well as towards . |
| 28 | This recognition system works perfectly well for a toad because any small , dark , moving object in its natural environment is an insect . |
| 29 | Well for a number of reasons , that 's one of them that 's one spinner and one yarn , and he offers me all of those colours , ex stock , in sort of ten days delivery and er one carton at a time , if I wanted . |
| 30 | Readers Digest A to Z of Sewing Guide , lots of other things as well for a fiver , it cost thirty five quid . |