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

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1 With dolphins on the rampage it seems a good idea to spend as much time as possible out of the water .
2 Although it carries a slight risk of giving false positive results , if followed by a rectal examination it gives a good indication of the presence of prostate malignancy , which can be further confirmed by ultrasound and biopsy .
3 I know a lot of us have done terms for a long term , but to be together closely and observe each other reacting and doing things it gives a better idea of how people think , being in this together .
4 But Dickie Arbiter , his spokesman , said : ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously as with all back problems it hurts a good deal . ’
5 Oh there had , had er it h erm had a marvellous water supply and it had a good sewage it had a good sewage disposal system .
6 For example it has a good story , exciting in parts , amusing in parts and with some memorably drawn characters .
7 So if you look as to how Kuwait grew by after the oil it gives a good example how we put the use of the oil to the betterment of mankind .
8 She had joined the course at her parents ' insistence and while it was n't her idea of fun at the time it seemed a better alternative than being behind a typewriter .
9 But although his mind was detached from day-to-day events it brooded a good deal on longer-term considerations .
10 This is the main highway from Istanbul , which lies about 100 miles to the east , to the Greek border , some 100 miles to the west , and although in most parts it has a good tarmac surface it is in the main single carriageway .
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