Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a good [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | As my comrade from Scotland says John Prescott has done a good job here , but I have to say it 's not up against very much . |
2 | He can retake the goods not only from B , the original tortfeasor , but even from a third person subject to the apparent exceptions which arise where that third person has acquired a good title even against A. Such exceptions are only apparent because A , having lost his right to the property , has got nothing which he can retake . |
3 | And I 'd have shot myself if we lost because I 'd wasted a good chance just before the goal . ’ |
4 | You 've done a good job there ! |
5 | Mm you 've done a good job there if you do n't lose it again |
6 | Kay said I know , I said Kay you could n't begin to imagine what he does , and of course she said , and she had been doing that erm painting , Father came in and said something like oh you , you 've done a good job there , but she said he never said oh go over to the kitchen and get a cup of tea |
7 | ‘ We felt Terry Chaplin had done a good job over two years and that the continuity was reflected in your activities , ’ she said . |
8 | that 's the one so they seem to think we 've got a good case so |
9 | Yes , they 've got a good chance an'all , you know the a good chance have n't they ? |
10 | They said we 've got a good chance now of prosecuting 'em . |
11 | They 've got a good player that new . |
12 | I think you 've got a good point there , yes , I might er , |
13 | She was angry , for sure , but a closer look would have revealed a heaviness in the mouth , a darkness under her eyes : the face of someone who had cried a good deal recently , and had some crying yet to do . |
14 | ‘ We 've been in this situation before , where we 've needed a good result away from home only to lose 1–0 , ’ he said . |
15 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
16 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
17 | Yeah , so you 've had a good time then ? |
18 | We 've had a good talk now . |
19 | The fact is that before the evening was over I had not only penetrated Karen sexually , but perhaps even more important we had shared a good laugh together at Dennis 's expense . |
20 | Tuathal , who knew that thoroughness was the secret of success , had long since extracted from Thorkel Fóstri all that he could tell about Earl Siward of Northumbria , and had deduced a good deal more . |
21 | I have said a good deal more on Government Back Benches than I have on Opposition Back Benches and very often it has been what has been done on Government Back Benches that has saved even Labour Governments from some of their follies . |
22 | Central defenders have done a good job today for Leicester of course I 've put the curse on him saying that he knocks it straight out of play but er Gary Mills who 's missed half a dozen games through injury is going to come on now and he 's going to take the place of Neil Lewis . |
23 | I think he 's got a good idea here but if he takes that slant to his story you could do rather well . |
24 | Akinwande , 27 , said defiantly : ‘ They can shout at me as a foreigner but in Mickey , the best manager anyone could have , I 've got someone who 's got a good voice too . ’ |
25 | Although he 's got a good job so Pam said I do n't know why he 's got in that problem . |
26 | And , and that , cos tha , cos she has n't got her husband anymore , her husband 's got a good job like , getting well into , something like and he 's got , got loads of money ! |
27 | I would n't think if he 's had a good sleep today . |
28 | Well everything looks as though it 's had a good water now . |
29 | Play allowed to continue , forwards towards , he 's had a good game tonight if it 's even if it 's not his regular position he 's been pushed there by and as a result it 's a free kick to Shrewsbury Town . |