Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 BELVILLE : [ angrily ] Pamela , pray sit down with these good neighbours .
2 Meanwhile , in her mind , she had visions of the Brownings rattling along in high good humour with all manner of beautiful vistas to right and left as they trotted to Arezzo and she could hear the conversation and Pen 's excited laughter .
3 A plant yes , because if you 're solving problems you want somebody to come up with some good ideas to get you out of your rut .
4 But you also need them in your team , because if you 're trying to solve a problem that is difficult , or what 's called a messy problem , we 'll come back to nice messy problems in a minute , you need somebody to come up with some good ideas , some ways of solving it .
5 When representatives of the offending authorities are called to account by the Committee , they will need to come up with some better answers to justify their past actions than that members of CPRW are just a fractious minority .
6 They are very interested in successful women , but not turned on by facial good looks .
7 that they thought they could develop and hav hold events on , and er , he said , like we , we came up with some good ideas , put forward some ideas , really good ideas , for things to do on this land , and he said , the trouble is that all these councillors back on to these pieces of land , and he said , er , they do n't want people coming along and enjoying themselves on it , because they want to go and walk their labradors on it .
8 He came out with some good one-liners , though I 'm told that his agent employs a script-writer to cobble up these spontaneous flashes of wit . ’
9 Falkirk 0 Celtic 3 CRITICS of the 44 game Premier League would have been pleasantly surprised by the effort , enthusiasm and entertainment served up by two good teams .
10 The boys , both pumped up by their achievement , ran and jumped all along the road to the Land Rover that we found round the next bend , and rode back in euphoric good spirits .
11 Mr E , however , countered each example with either ‘ it wo n't work with Dave ’ or ‘ I 've tried all this ’ , and switched off at any good idea offered , unable to listen , making himself , like Dave , the only one in the group so different and obstructive .
12 ‘ I do n't hear you coming up with any better ideas . ’
13 There are Christmas gifts galore , and there 's it 's a big it 's a big craft show put on by some good people .
14 The fact that peasants seized opportunities to enrich themselves is put down to sheer good sense , an unproblematic response to structural changes , while the conviction that the Camisard prophets and prophetesses spoke with the voice of the Holy Spirit is regarded as obviously serving some psychological function .
15 If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour .
16 Perhaps someone could come up with some better idea .
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