Example sentences of "do well [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour , like other left parties , does not do well in a recession , but prospers when the economy is booming , unemployment is going down , and redistribution favours me-firstism . |
| 2 | Rockdwelling species , like Neolamprologus brevis will do well in a set-up containing Goby Cichlids . |
| 3 | It will do well in a gravel medium with plenty of detritus . |
| 4 | Done well for a change . |
| 5 | ‘ And that will be when people stop saying ‘ Eeh , have n't you done well for a woman ’ . ’ |
| 6 | The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down |
| 7 | He 'd disliked anyone complimenting me and when I 'd done well in a race he 'd found it difficult to offer congratulations . |
| 8 | ‘ My game is suited to doubles because I return well , ’ he said yesterday , ‘ but my priority is to do well as a singles player . ’ |
| 9 | She said , I hear the Empire , or , or hear The Garden 's doing well on a Friday night . |
| 10 | Julie 's high-achieving life seemed as if it would continue on its upward curve with her two companies both doing well in a time of recession . |
| 11 | ‘ Once you had one Italian doing well in a place , more from their town or village followed . ’ |
| 12 | Martin Lee of WHS felt that , to the group 's benefit , people were trading down in their gift buying generally and that some its higher priced books did well as a result . |
| 13 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 14 | He did well for a year before developing intermittent rectal incontinence . |
| 15 | ‘ Musicals always do well in a recession because people want escapism , ’ says Patrick O'Connor of the New Grove Dictionary Of Opera . |
| 16 | the other does well as a player … signs for Coventry … blossoms into an outstanding talent … captains the England WC winning team of 2006 … get elected MP for Coventry … becomes PM … solves global warming issues . |
| 17 | It does well in a container , preferably a window-box , in which it is the only herb , sowing half in spring and half in late summer to provide a succession of leaves . |
| 18 | To say that Tit for Tat , say , is an ESS , would be to say that Tit for Tat does well in a climate dominated by Tit for Tat . |