Example sentences of "do very [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inasmuch as ‘ good ’ television is confrontational , violent , full of event — why then , I think most people would agree , on reflection , yes , communally , we could do very well without TV . |
| 2 | You can live without meat but you would n't do very well without vegetables . |
| 3 | Brim 's translation ‘ You will be smitten with the Egyptian dermatitis , characterized by swellings , dry crusts , and ulcers , from which you will never be healed , and the Lord shall smite you in the knees , and in the legs , with a sore botch that can not be healed from the sole of thy foot to the top of thy head ’ not only gives a description that would do very well for syphilis but also pre-empts the habit of the fifteenth-century Europeans of ascribing the disease to the enemy . |
| 4 | This will do very well for the sort of story that is a combination of the novel of humour ( a story of cumulative comic events ) and the blueprint detective story . |
| 5 | ‘ This will do very well for the moment , ’ he murmured , nibbling her ear , his hands finding at last the soft flesh between her thighs . |
| 6 | ‘ I think Canada will do very well over the next four years . |
| 7 | You did n't do very well over the weekend , did you , 'cos I was watching them and they did n't do that well . |
| 8 | Then you would n't have people thinking that going to a Phish concert means you have to put up with the smell of somebody who did n't do very well at school . |
| 9 | and would do very well at it if it was a sensible package and not the rubbishy WordPerfect . |
| 10 | She would not do very well on any test of strength , stamina , or suppleness . |
| 11 | So , on that , wh not if but when that question comes up you should do very well on it I think . |
| 12 | Taliesin will do very well on his own . ’ |
| 13 | The defe most people , if they 've revised , would do very well on any one of these as a single essay if they were given three hours . |
| 14 | They usually can ; but they do n't do very well in the marathon four days later ! |
| 15 | A The natural water conditions of the Severum , ( Heros sererus ) , are very soft and acid , with a pH of 6 , but aquarium strains will do very well in neutral to moderately alkaline conditions . |
| 16 | They are young and talented and if they choose to turn professional they could do very well in pro events and become a major coaching influence in Ireland . |
| 17 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 18 | ‘ Les has had a few problems but he could do very well alongside Deanesy . ’ |
| 19 | For really top class Joplin you need pay only a little more for a selection from Dick Hyman 's complete survey mentioned above , but at less than a fiver , Arpin 's disc will do very nicely for a representative sample of Joplin — which is really all I can take in a single sitting ! |
| 20 | And it pays to travel about You see the problem with Jackie and Nev is always been that they ca n't believe that you can get things in a place like W H Smiths that will that will do very nicely as a Christmas present . |
| 21 | Well it pays to tramp around you see the problem with Jackie and Len has always been that they can not believe that you can get things in a place like W H Smith that will , that will do very nicely as a Christmas present , they tend to go |
| 22 | erm And a lot of the time this gentleman would have been sorting through the data , finding out who owed how much money , writing them polite letters , and this is the sort of thing you can do very quickly with a computer . |