Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] made a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The stock dove almost disappeared from some areas , but , like other species that were hard-hit at the same time , it has since made a good recovery .
2 The daughter has finally made a good marriage , after a dodgy one .
3 Bennett has also made a good recovery from a torn thigh muscle but insisted : ‘ I 'll only play when I 'm 100pc right .
4 Having apparently made a good case ( to wit , the UK now spends nearly two per cent less per head on education than in 1980 ) it starts talking about education .
5 On a seller and buyer summons the court declared that the seller had not made a good title , and ordered the return to the buyer of the buyer 's deposit on the equitable principle that it is a seller 's duty to disclose fully and frankly in the contract any title defect .
6 Jonadab confirmed that the shepherd was not one for strong drink and was beginning to think that George had possibly made a good choice , when the old farmer and his wife came back along the line .
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