Example sentences of "succeed [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
| 2 | But she succeeded in holding it at bay . |
| 3 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
| 4 | Wooing first John and then Richard , Philip succeeded in keeping them at each other 's throats , or at Henry 's coat-tails , for several more years . |
| 5 | He 'd laughed at her , teased her , and succeeded in keeping her at a distance . |