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

No	Sentence
1	I would n't train full-time ; I thought : ‘ No , I want a good job . ’
2	These teachers are telling us that you 've got to work hard if you want a good job but there 's no jobs there anyway .
3	He found a good job .
4	The dealer contemplated suing the recruitment agency until he found a better job .
5	I wanted to find a better job , but for a factory you need to have finished school and in the coffee processing industries they ask for ninth grade .
6	To them mathematics will be relevant if it helps their children gain a qualification which , in turn , will enable them to obtain a good job .
7	Stef has a good job : she can support herself .
8	Alfieri has a good job ; he is a lawyer .
9	I do n't think they 're short of money to be honest cos Valerie has a good job
10	According to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , the commission has done a good job in proposing new legislation which is workable and fits well with other parts of the law .
11	As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job .
12	To its credit , Fimbra has done a good job weeding out some of the black sheep .
13	So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum .
14	Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ .
15	Geoff has done a good job on it .
16	They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free .
17	You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood .
18	As it is , Vox have done a good job of producing a classic guitar with a '90s feel and sound .
19	‘ By the feel of it , you done a good job .
20	A midwife with 25 years experience , she thought she had done a good job — then she discovered the truth .
21	The Civil Affairs Service had done a good job in my estimation .
22	Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain .
23	‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’
24	They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job .
25	But they know what the game is , and they know when they have done a good job : the rewards are tangible and clear .
26	The practical question which this paper also addresses is ‘ how can one tell when and whether a lawyer has done a good job ? ’ .
27	Someone who says he 's ‘ held one in his hand ’ , thinks that Intel has done a good job hyping up the industry over the P5 without having much chance of delivering its promises for some time to come .
28	It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job .
29	‘ I 'm a great disciplinarian , I 'm tough on politeness and all that , but at the end of the day he 's done a good job on himself .
30	It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements .