Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Select a strong healthy stem that has borne a good bloom , or is still carrying one that has gone over the top , and look at the stem lower down — to see if you can find nice plump axillary buds or eyes in the leaf axils — these are latent growth buds , and they are going to become your new roses ! |
| 2 | I would place Aspen Pittman 's article in the same league as time share selling , or book clubs or something equally hazy with the truth that happens to make a good profit . |
| 3 | The ‘ Grandstand ’ television cameras had taken a break from horse-racing and cricket to record the closing holes of an event that had captured a good deal of public interest . |
| 4 | Figure E9.1 gives the age-sex profiles for two countries that have experienced a good deal of immigration . |
| 5 | The questionnaire should be attractively printed and spaced to achieve a good layout and make things easy for the respondent . |
| 6 | He is still one of the most deadly aerial players in front of goal and has formed a good combination with Robert Fleck . |
| 7 | He plays throughout Europe and North America and has made a good number of recordings . |
| 8 | It is an excellent establishment and has attracted a good deal of support and resources from the private sector . |
| 9 | This is because both agencies are fighting for a larger share of the available budget and seek to create a good impression by producing the most frightening scenario . |
| 10 | He notes in passing that RISC has completely taken over the workstation and midrange server markets , is closing in on mainframes and minisupercomputers and is in process of displacing the second-ranking CISC chip , Motorola 's 68k from the high-end embedded market and appears to have a good shot at the emerging personal digital appliance market . |
| 11 | Ice cool Dr Apps said of their big night out : ‘ It will be a bit boring but we 'll take a walkman and try to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The idea is to make it easier and try to get a good picture of how they feel about their own health . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's great news for us but now we have to concentrate on the football and try to achieve a good result , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Sing and try to have a good night 's sleep . |
| 15 | The time spent getting to know other Berlin servicemen away from the more common disciplined environment is good for both sides , and helps to generate a good relationship between the police and the military community . |
| 16 | ( When notes are close together in a low register they sound crude and clumsy , and fail to give a good bass to the harmony . |
| 17 | When they were younger he and Grandma had a little farm and I think that Grandma did not have an easy life with him and had to do a good bit of the farm work . |
| 18 | In fact , one of her students who was black showed a remarkable sympathy with Emily Dickinson , and had written a good essay on the short poem beginning , ‘ Drowning is not so pitiful/As the attempt to rise ’ . |
| 19 | Acquiring the products to be exported from India was not so simple ; the Company directors had to put down the ‘ investment ’ , mostly in silver bullion though public pressure made them include some English products as well , and had to finance a good deal of the running costs of the textile production that they were encouraging . |
| 20 | Sri Lanka had been at the forefront of Asian intellectual thinking and had gained a good reputation for human rights and civil liberty before these recent years of violence and oppression . |
| 21 | Both the Lord Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary were politicians and had to spend a good deal of time in London attending Cabinet and Parliament ; therefore the Under-Secretary , who was a Civil Servant , was the effective head of British Administration in Ireland for most of every year . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He decided to invade England and landed his troops at Hastings on the south coast , and had established a good bridgehead before the news reached Harold and he was able to journey down from Yorkshire . |
| 24 | Captain John Moberley of the Royal Navy said of him , ‘ keeps a good reckoning , is attentive and promises to make a good officer ’ . |
| 25 | Well we used to play that in the street you see , have the lampposts , the top of the yard and there , there and have to set a good target rounders . |
| 26 | Alison spent 17 days in hospital after the shooting , but has made a good recovery and is back home in Trimdon Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough . |
| 27 | The net result is like sitting in a club with all the right credentials but failing to have a good time . |
| 28 | This does not demand a high degree of psychotherapeutic experience , but does require a good deal of common-sense . |
| 29 | Moet reckons the wannabes ( or ‘ customers ’ ) have n't only stirred up trouble , but have spoiled a good thing with their inept boosting methods . |