Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a good [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc has had a good look at Unix System Lab 's Destiny desktop — it is a beta site — but is n't worried by the competition , ‘ after looking at it closely , we 've no problem with Open Desktop , ’ it says . |
| 2 | He 'd booked a good table at The Palace . |
| 3 | I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that |
| 4 | By now she 'd had a good look at him . |
| 5 | Both Seve and Irwin played badly in the third round , but you 're never going to do a good score at Lytham when it feels like three degrees below freezing and there 's a gale blowing , are you ? |
| 6 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
| 7 | But Jan Peerce makes a very coarse and unromantic Alfredo , and Licia Albanese , who might have made a good shot at the role of Violetta under more sympathetic direction , sounds particularly nervous and unsettled . |
| 8 | He notes in passing that RISC has completely taken over the workstation and midrange server markets , is closing in on mainframes and minisupercomputers and is in process of displacing the second-ranking CISC chip , Motorola 's 68k from the high-end embedded market and appears to have a good shot at the emerging personal digital appliance market . |
| 9 | And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop . |
| 10 | What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop . |
| 11 | ‘ We had a good run in losing only one of our previous eight games and had hoped to get a good result at Oldham . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah he did have a good go at us through Shane . |
| 13 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 14 | We are not chiropodists , we do n't actually cut away the hard skin because that i is a chiropodist 's job , but we certainly do have a good try at trying to get rid of as much hard skin as we can . |
| 15 | BEFORE you start Take a good look at your hair and decide whether it 's really in a fit state to tackle the onslaught of chemicals , however gentle . |
| 16 | They had done a good job at that garage . |
| 17 | buying the car off er , them at Burton Lane , there 's , there 's , somehow you 've got a good picture at Burton Lane |
| 18 | My letter was published in full , and I was pleased with myself , for two good reasons : my first literary effort had been accepted ; and I had had a good swipe at the evils of fascism , judging by the stream of supporting letters which followed . |
| 19 | Once Barbara had had a good look at her new style in the mirror , she was very pleased with the change . |
| 20 | Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted . |
| 21 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 22 | Andre Moga , the president of Beglès and one of the so-called ‘ barons ’ of French rugby , made the following comment : ‘ If Rodez had had a good president at the time this would not have reached court ’ . |
| 23 | It had seemed a good idea at the time , a bit of expensive and unusual fun with some of her friends , and sure , she had been intrigued when she had been told that she should beware of her fiery nature 's setting alight a situation which would become frighteningly uncontrollable , but that was three days ago . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim . |
| 25 | at two o'clock on Saturdays and whizzes round the town doing wheelies round the town so I said to him last night Scott sit down I want you to read something , I said take a good look at the paper , I said it could 've been you , doing that , you think you 're so fucking clever and big running round the town , I said it only takes you to lose control go up the bloody curb and bang , that 's what happened , I said think about what the hell you 're doing |
| 26 | While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ? |
| 27 | So everyone working on the door at Ronnie 's had a good laugh at us while Strummer was hustling to get us in . |
| 28 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 29 | to You need to have a good go at these . |