Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a good [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Batleys , the Huddersfield-based cash and carry wholesaler , whose controlling family shareholders are considering whether to buy out minority holders after about 17 years on the stock market , has reported a good interim profit . |
| 2 | Later a bass can be added to give a good harmonic flow . |
| 3 | ‘ He has proved a better confidential secretary than to give revealing answers , despite his weakness for the opposite sex — however beautiful , ’ Ven replied . |
| 4 | Because it is an interlocutory judgement it is usually heard before a master of the High Court , and a defendant only has to show a good arguable case for the plaintiff 's application to fail . |
| 5 | ‘ When taking a fresh look at your wardrobe , editing it to suit your lifestyle , do n't neglect to amass a good accessory selection . ’ |
| 6 | And er and when that was been in the field whatever days , depending on the weather , if you 'd got a good dry summer well you 'd perhaps take it in in after a week , you see ? |
| 7 | In devising the programme an attempt was made to keep a good geographical spread of activity and to maintain expertise throughout the geological column and on all major rock types . |
| 8 | ‘ Leicester is a city in which we should expect to have a good general bookshop , and we shall be looking for a bigger and better site in the city . ’ |
| 9 | All they want to know is : am I going to get a good bottom turn ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ A pop song has got to have a good short title , ’ explains Fred . |
| 11 | As an added bonus for taller users , the shaft length can be adjusted to give a good working stance . |
| 12 | He says we like to see a good deep split . |
| 13 | A FINE AIRCRAFT , which would have made a good strategic bomber . |
| 14 | He wondered if he 'd have made a good interior designer . |
| 15 | He was always so quick witted and courageous was John that I always thought he would have made a good secret agent — a James Bond kind of figure . |
| 16 | ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard . |
| 17 | That meant that they must have had a good sexual relationship too . |
| 18 | Severe toxicity was less common in our study , however , and the three-drug combination seems to have a better therapeutic index . |
| 19 | Prince Charles may have acquired a good aristocratic county girl , well steeped in the ways of Sandringham life , and at home in the kale fields and on the grouse moors . |
| 20 | He hopes to find a good second-hand craft and be afloat before the end of this month . |
| 21 | Clearly , in the current review of the Territorial Army , we are paying great attention to the need to continue to have a good geographical spread across the country . |
| 22 | Diuretics seem to have had a better protective effect than β blockers . |
| 23 | If you do get a good still picture when you put the machine in pause , you can use this facility in the same way that you use other still pictures in the classroom . |
| 24 | ‘ Ards have been out of the picture since then but I 've enjoyed a good Irish Cup record at my other clubs , getting to the final three times as a player and twice as Larne 's manager . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got a good strong voice , I mean — for drill orders . ’ |
| 26 | Very good , very good ; that 's our erm tenth game in the league undefeated , and things are really looking up , we 've got a good young side here , very good |
| 27 | I 've had a good long life — well , a long life , eh , Father Kenneth ? — and I 'm not right done yet . |
| 28 | She had found a good quick way of conveying the fact that something had arisen suddenly at her end that must claim her immediate attention ; a summons to go to the boss s office , the arrival of someone with whom she had an appointment , or letters to be signed to catch the afternoon post . |
| 29 | He believed he had found a good humoured gentleman in Holland who would send him plants , but was critical of him for overheating his stoves . |
| 30 | A high score in a series of heats had to be accumulated to guarantee a good semi-final position , and qualify for one of the six places in the final . |