Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I am having a good time , ’ Ruth assured him . |
| 3 | I am fifteen I have just come down here in my lunch hour at school but I am having a good time . |
| 4 | I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , yes , I must admit , ’ replies management , ‘ that I am making a good thing out of this , the best break we have had for years — you see , my methods of production are so cheap and efficient . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm riding a good deal . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm having a good time walking up and down here and being astonished that anyone could be so ignorant . |
| 8 | At times like that I feel I 'm doing a good job . |
| 9 | Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier . |
| 10 | I was given a good hiding , which I deserved , but it made no difference . |
| 11 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 12 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 13 | Not the most exciting of prospects maybe but even so , I was having a good time . |
| 14 | A lot of things were happening , sometimes I was having a good time , sometimes it was ghastly , and I used to get totally paranoid smoking dope . |
| 15 | After thinking about it , Cameron replied , ‘ James , I was told a good thing once , by the sawyer at Bunarkaig . |
| 16 | I was carrying a good supply of handkerchiefs and managed to keep myself clean , but it was ten past eight before I had recovered sufficiently to move , with attendance at the concert now out of the question . |
| 17 | Certainly , if you are eating a good diet , not smoking cigarettes , consuming little alcohol , are physically and mentally well , aged between 18 and 65 years , and not pregnant or breast-feeding , then you should not need any nutritional supplements . |
| 18 | By getting used to eating oranges rather than drinking orange juice , eating apples rather than drinking apple juice , and so on , you are establishing a good habit which will help to control your weight in the future . |
| 19 | I guess everyone said it is 95 per cent curable ; the treatment is good ; you are making a good recovery . |
| 20 | ‘ When you both feel light-hearted enough to enjoy your baby , you are making a good start ’ says Infant Care on its second page , and Spock uses the same injunction , ‘ Enjoy Your Baby ’ , as a subheading in his chapter ‘ The Right Start ’ . |
| 21 | The average glass of wine contains between 90–100 calories , and it is difficult to stop at one when you are having a good meal . |
| 22 | It means that , by a certain amount of fairly skilful organization over the year , you 're meeting a good cross-section of senior and middle management . |
| 23 | How do you know you 're getting a good workout ? |
| 24 | ‘ Not too far when you 're having a good time . |
| 25 | In America , as long as you 're having a good time right now , it 's valid ; if in the next century it 's all forgotten , then that 's okay too . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're spending a good deal of time in New York now , Mark . |
| 27 | But but no , you used to think they 're doing , you 're doing a good service are n't you ? |
| 28 | But from what I can gather from his scrawls you 're doing a good job . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 're doing a good job . ’ |
| 30 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |