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

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1 We are delighted to report that Ann McMillan has made a very good recovery from her operation .
2 ‘ Ah , well , I can see now , they 've made a pretty good job of it .
3 And I go sorry , and he goes makes a jolly good Christmas gift and I go I ca n't do it
4 If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’
5 Yeah he 's made , he 's made a very good job
6 However , the SAAF have made a very good proposal to DASA that they take on 6886 in about a year 's time , along with a very comprehensive spare package .
7 There are still a number of important issues to be sorted out with the Board before the Society can approve the franchising proposals , but we have made a very good start . ’
8 Longman have made a very good start to the year and erm , and so they 've progressed from day one , making last year I expect to continue .
9 She knew that she would inevitably be just exchanging one set of problems for another when she moved in with her daughter and son-in-law and the grandchildren , but she had taken her time and come to the decision in her own way , and finally managed to make a very good adjustment to an entirely different life in a busy household .
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