Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 2 | Nutrition is the process by which the body acquires all the foodstuffs it needs to keep it in good working order and converts them into energy , new body tissue and those substances necessary to keep all the body processes ( metabolism ) going . |
| 3 | This has put us in good heart for Leicestershire . ’ |
| 4 | Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use . |
| 5 | I believe that it was a good inheritance , and one that has stood me in good stead all my life . |
| 6 | In essence , what has stood me in good stead all these years in broadcasting is spotting good people and waiting for them to come forward with what interests them ; what obsessions , what passions they have in translating those into programmes . |
| 7 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 8 | Conran is convinced , too , that his experience of manufacturing in the early days has stood him in good stead as head of a retailing empire . |
| 9 | His background with the round ball has stood him in good stead in becoming one of the country 's leading goal-kickers . |
| 10 | It has stood her in good stead , for she has had to deal with very serious health problems and has never allowed these to depress or hinder her . |
| 11 | What we were talking about , or what I think is interesting is your experience from your early days in horse shoeing has stood you in good stead for the revival of interest in driving erm if you 'd like to tell us a bit more about that I 'd love to hear it cos I 'm never tired of that . |
| 12 | It is much more geared to the administration of personnel records than was the bureau system but the experience we gained using the bureau has stood us in good stead for our own system . |
| 13 | ‘ As we had maintained our large weighting in overseas equities and cash throughout the period of UK membership of the ERM , this cautious perception of the political and economic risks being run has stood us in good stead . ’ |
| 14 | Indeed the business was said to have made ‘ the very best of progress ’ and its move to open systems is reckoned to stand it in good stead for the future . |
| 15 | I 've experienced more now , and it 's going to stand me in good stead . |
| 16 | Set against these points is the maintenance problem ; softwood doors need regular decoration to keep rot at bay , and even hardwoods require regular treatment with preservative and stain to keep them in good condition . |
| 17 | A Department of the Environment report on the condition of local authority housing in 1985 said that in England alone almost £19 billion needed to be spent to restore it to good condition . |
| 18 | I came into a bit of money when my grandmother died and I decided to put it to good use . ’ |
| 19 | The person taking the goods must have taken them in good faith without notice of the agent 's lack of authority . |
| 20 | Some women would have taken it in good humour . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |
| 22 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |
| 23 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 24 | " Dull for the telephone men , I 'm afraid , " I said , " but try to keep them in good heart . |
| 25 | Philips kept their ownership of the buildings and equipment used in the preparation and serving of the food , but made them available to ISS without charge ( while undertaking to maintain them in good order ) and Philips even paid for the electricity , water and telephone costs involved in the canteen operation and for the removal of waste . |
| 26 | Keeping braillers , typewriters and even magnifiers in their cases , or at least under covers when not in use , helps to maintain them in good condition , since dust and grime can cause damaged surfaces . |
| 27 | Minton , perceiving Cornish 's shyness , made him answer most of the questions and listened attentively to his replies , thereby forcing Cornish through the shyness barrier , an experience he ever afterwards felt stood him in good stead . |
| 28 | So they can be the deciding factor in what your programme 's going to be , so it pays to keep them in good trim . |
| 29 | It did n't do him a lot of good in the early er in the early days , but er it did stand him in good stead later of course because he became er er a full-time official o of the er Notts area N U M. |
| 30 | Accordingly the lenders got their security , and leave to turn it into good cash if no other cash redeemed it in time . |