Example sentences of "did well [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five minutes later the Larne keeper again did well to block a Ferguson shot on the line after the home defence had failed to clear a Williamson corner . |
| 2 | A pass from Venus sounds like the definitive long-ball game , and Villa 's central defenders , Paul McGrath and Mountfield , did well to defend a series of attacks that came out of the night sky . |
| 3 | The expansion of American medical research , much of the finest quality , attracted European doctors who aspired to a scientific career , and they did well to spend a year or two in an American laboratory , or even to emigrate there altogether . |
| 4 | Mick did well to hold a cross from Tony McGovern before , with a minute of the first half remaining , City scored their third . |
| 5 | Considering that , Ireland did well to win a game at all ! |
| 6 | Given these circumstances , the Division did well to achieve an operating profit of £20.5 million , virtually identical to last year 's contribution . |
| 7 | ‘ He was much bigger than me and very fast , so I think I did well to get a 14–9 points verdict over the three rounds . |