Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — Since John Constable left to brew beer in Butterknowle the Chain locker in North Shields opposite the ferry landing has vanished from the Good Pub Guide . |
| 2 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
| 3 | I have used some of the things that he has done as a good example to myself . |
| 4 | As I said earlier this year , there will not be enough of any one crop to give self-sufficiency , but the contribution this small plot has made to the good budget has ten times repaid the outlay on seeds and materials . |
| 5 | ( Nor , it may be added , was it only in the nineteenth century that this stratagem was adopted : it has figured in a good deal of more recent writing as well . |
| 6 | Additionally however , we need to make it clear that when we have looked at the figures and I would pay some to the opposition for bringing er some matters to our attention , erm and looking at the way in which very , very careful on the part of this council has led to a better reserve position than we would previously have expected . |
| 7 | A list of deadlines and responsibilities was drawn up and agreed between the two departments and this has led to a better understanding of each others tasks and the benefits of compliance . |
| 8 | The integration of staff for training has led to a good exchange of ideas , greater enthusiasm , and higher staff morale . |
| 9 | ‘ One has gone to a better place without the other and that 's hard for the living who are left behind . |
| 10 | Since Fizz has gone to a better place and Bunny has n't been around , it 's improved immeasurably . |
| 11 | Hugh Manson has tried for the best combination of feel and usability by planing the fingerboard to a compound radius — a medium-curved 10″ radius near the headstock , but flattening right out to 16″ as it reaches the upper frets , in order to minimise the strings choking off when you play bent notes and to allow a lower overall action . |
| 12 | However , he has insisted on a better system of debtor management with a proper analysis of debtor accounts and a tighter credit policy , has required full explanations of any discounted room rates or complimentaries and has introduced spot checks to compare the Housekeeper 's reports and Reception 's daily letting reports . |
| 13 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 14 | He shuffled , he stamped , he stayed well back in the shelter of the narrow brick passageway that he 'd found as a better lookout point . |
| 15 | ‘ They look organised with a good defence , and are playing with a great deal of confidence . ’ |
| 16 | Er , if you get known as a good supply teacher you 'll get the work to begin with , you might only get an odd day . |
| 17 | The Victorian middle class seems to have become entangled in a good deal of bad faith of this kind by its attempts to imitate an aristocratic life which it did not fully understand . |
| 18 | Stray dogs and chickens wandered in and had to be shooed out , and in the winter evenings when her mother told stories about saints and piskies and dragon-fillers by the light of the fire , the neighbouring children would crowd in at the door to listen , so that after a while her mother became known as the best storyteller in Polruan . |
| 19 | It may have looked like a good ruse to get 300 acres lovingly ploughed , but Shillingford Farm happily played host to the British Championships . |
| 20 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 21 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 22 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 23 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 24 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 25 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 26 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 27 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 28 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 29 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 30 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |