Example sentences of "his good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Armada campaign he was rear-admiral of Drake 's squadron , his good performance meriting the inclusion of his portrait in the Armada tapestries . |
| 2 | There is unlikely to be a place for the blond-haired Effenberg despite his good performance at the European Championship finals . |
| 3 | The right ankle which he damaged was supposed to be his good ankle . |
| 4 | MICHAEL O'HARA MEETS THE CRANBERRIES , THE BEST THING TO COME OUT OF LIMERICK SINCE HIS GOOD SELF ( IT SAYS HERE ) . |
| 5 | Time and again , that woman had shown herself to be as scheming and ruthless as any criminal-minded rogue he had ever come across ; with the exception of his good self , of course . |
| 6 | I thank my right hon. Friend for responding so promptly to my request that either his good self or my hon. Friend the Minister for Corporate Affairs should visit Nottingham . |
| 7 | Party leader John Smith is right to press ahead with his plans to end the official role of the unions in selecting parliamentary candidates , but by allowing open confrontation with the unions to continue simmering he is undermining his good intent . |
| 8 | However , this was a commonplace in Wales and the fact that Tyrell received numerous grants from local landowners anxious to have his good will implies that he at least was a force to be reckoned with . |
| 9 | In the galley , she vented her feelings still further by clashing pans and cooking utensils and listing sotto voce the names she 'd like to call Fenton Marshall , if only she were not so dependent on his good will . |
| 10 | However , this was a commonplace in Wales and the fact that Tyrell received numerous grants from local landowners anxious to have his good will implies that he at least was a force to be reckoned with . |
| 11 | My preferance would be to play either Strachan and Rocky together with Speed in the Batty role , this would give him the opportunity to go forward if required plus utilise his good ball winning skills or if i had to choose between the two I would pick Rocky providing he was fit . |
| 12 | Rodin was a skilful salesman of his work , making careful use of photography in establishing and maintaining his good name . |
| 13 | He was given four options : default and risk losing his good name ; pay everything immediately ; make six monthly payments of $400 and they 'd call it quits ; send in $70 and they 'd get back to him later . |
| 14 | ‘ Every gentleman is interested in his good name . |
| 15 | But the speech was more than just an attack on the Commission , for it was also an astute defence of his good name and reputation . |
| 16 | But his loan capital — his good name — how can he move these ? |
| 17 | Happily I had been at school with this fellow and was able to contact him on my next leave , and to persuade him that it would be a pity to spoil his good name by killing me . |
| 18 | Second , though no medical evidence was offered on the cause of C.'s speech delay and ailments , the justices took particular notice of his good progress in foster care . |
| 19 | So the women take on the role of his good friends . |
| 20 | ‘ I was his good girl , the girl to take to book signings , to introduce to Norman Mailer , ’ she says . |
| 21 | In spite of his good work , the Wells Committee recommended that he should , along with housing and urban management , town and country planning and valuation — previously amalgamated by Council into a single General Practice Committee — follow an examination curriculum dedicated to General Practice with a ‘ typical subject ’ only at final level . |
| 22 | His good work , however , went to waste . |
| 23 | Since his tragic death my daughter has carried on his good work . |
| 24 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 25 | So come on , leave Geoff to do his good work for the benefit of the community . |
| 26 | ‘ He can count his good luck that he did n't come a few minutes earlier , ’ Rune said crisply . |
| 27 | His good luck was her bad luck . |
| 28 | In the presence of such flattery and with the taste of ale once more on his lips , Sir John regained his good temper and this time listened attentively as Athelstan spoke . |
| 29 | In October that year he was made denizen and rewarded ‘ for his good service to the king in many battles ’ with property in London . |
| 30 | He knew the Headmaster would not allow him to leave the school , not even in his good mood . |