Example sentences of "[pers pn] good [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the angel said unto them , ‘ Fear not , for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 2 | for behold , I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 3 | Were you good friends ? ’ |
| 4 | Let me assure all you good citizens and voters of Riverbank that no stone shall remain unturned , no avenue unexplored , no expense spared in ridding our fair community of this dreadful menace . |
| 5 | I want to give you good answers to your questions . ’ |
| 6 | We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted ! |
| 7 | Maybe one of you good bodies over the water would fax this to Elland Road with a short message stating who we are and what we want : - ) ) |
| 8 | You just have to try and do what got you good results in the first place . |
| 9 | So that basically is it how would we see the course 's structure I do n't think we 've got time to do that today I wanted really to just to throw some ideas with you good folks and get the benefit of your thoughts and experience so that I could go back to Napier and say this is what my committee says |
| 10 | One senior officer described policewomen as having an ‘ instinct for tidiness ’ which made them good administrators ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 33 ) ; frequently they were described as being suited to dealing with child and female offences because of their more compassionate natures compared to male colleagues . |
| 11 | That mix-up caused us serious problems for the rest of the campaign because we had to be constantly reassuring the media that we would get them good positions . |
| 12 | Steam trains brought with them good times and bad to the town and townspeople alike . |
| 13 | That , however , is to ignore the efforts of several bishops over many years to secure some lasting settlement between a wilful king and his resentful subjects ; the lateness of their conversion to deposition — under duress or in despair — is rather to their credit than otherwise ; as for the fiercest episcopal opponents of the king , their experience gave them good grounds for believing that the church 's liberties would be better protected under another king . |
| 14 | In the former , education can provide more people with the skills and information to secure them good jobs and , thus , produce an increase in the number of people prepared for fulfilling and materially rewarding occupations . |
| 15 | There had been rioting down by the docks , some said , but no one knew exactly where ; and Mrs Norris swore they were throwing the dead into mass graves , and half of them good Catholics without the last rites . |
| 16 | The reason for this is that the outflowing rivers provide the sand that makes them good beaches . |
| 17 | I can do nothing to help except give them good references and a few quid to tide them over . |
| 18 | By the turn of the century , which was only ten years since his first professional engagement , John Tiller had amassed a great fortune for himself whilst changing the lives of working-class girls by giving them good wages and a career . |
| 19 | The phrase " factory system " was already entering the language when , in 1807 , Davies Gilbert MP , a distinguished scientist , declared : However specious in theory the project might be of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor , it would in effect be prejudicial to their morals and happiness : it would teach them to despise their lot in life , instead of making them good servants to agriculture and other laborious employments to which their rank in society had destined them ; instead of teaching them subordination , it would render them factious and refractory , as was evident in the manufacturing counties . |
| 20 | ‘ My good fortune lay in working with great men who were patient with me and taught me good habits that were never to be forgotten . |
| 21 | Ministers are saying , ’ We good fellows will talk together , and we 'll come up with a decision . ’ |
| 22 | Are they good jobs ? |
| 23 | ‘ Were they good neighbours ? ’ |
| 24 | He found that the Devon , although it was small , gave him good quantities of good beef and rather lower quantities of very creamy milk . |
| 25 | As we have so much control in forming a horse 's habits it is up to us to teach it good ones ; and not through our own lack of thought or knowledge , or want of kindness and sensitivity , impair the horse ; or even worse , teach it such bad habits that its life will be a misery to itself or others . |