Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a [adv] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be able to do this successfully , you do need to have a reasonably good understanding of how to draw two dimensional shapes that , when knitted , will fit together to create three dimensional garments . |
| 2 | Until the last few years , the thought that one might have microscopic techniques sensitive enough to actually see tiny changes in the structure of neurons and their synapses as a result of learning seemed improbable — to start with , one would need to have a very good idea where to look and what to measure in the brain . |
| 3 | Because he does n't appear to do a very good job , he does n't turn up when , at times , he does n't ring you to tell why he 's not turning up and that sort of person is not a good idea to go for |
| 4 | I 'd like to write a really good love song — did I say love song ? — I du n no , a song about my girlfriend and my daughter . |
| 5 | would have presented a very good budget for |
| 6 | Fair enough he may have had a very good reason for doing so but I thought that that would have been a typical apack erm he did say well you know I just want to run it by him , you know , just to make sure but you , you still needed to know why he thought that his accountant had to be involved . |
| 7 | And then I , and I made this bit of a faux pas , I says , oh you must have got a very good rate , cos I knew she 'd been retired years and years , you see . |
| 8 | By the age of 18 or 20 , he had completed his apprenticeship in life : he might have become a very good photographer , probably an excellent painter , a good mountaineer and hiker , or a fine skier . |
| 9 | In some alternate , barely credible dimension , this almost inexplicable first shot in the Great Columbus Wars ( Gerard Depardieu and Jim Dale still to come ) must have seemed a really good idea . |
| 10 | However , magazines will drive a hard bargain arid if you are to enjoy the advantages of full page coverage you will have to offer a very good discount , guarantee stocks and pay a handling fee . |
| 11 | From this it is evident that if Negus Mikael had advanced immediately after seizing Ankober , when the army of Fitaurari Habta Giorgis was still far from complete he would have stood a very good chance of entering Addis Ababa , in which case the whole course of events would have been altered . |