Example sentences of "for his [adj] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought the lectures far too many and that he gave too many lectures for his own good . |
| 2 | Often one step too many for his own good . |
| 3 | We gave him whiskey and had n't to tie him up till the morning and that was only for his own good . ’ |
| 4 | I THINK Costello makes too many records for his own good , but here , he found a vein of country and swing which was peculiarly well suited to his wordplay and visual imagery . |
| 5 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
| 6 | It was entirely possible that Jos was still trying to warn him off , for his own good . |
| 7 | She would not have the heart to do it , were it not for his own good . |
| 8 | For his own good she frequently reminded him of the horrors and deprivations that would befall him there . |
| 9 | For his own good . |
| 10 | He will be enmeshed for his own good in the electric wires which bring with them life-giving energy to make the farm fertile . |
| 11 | His attitude is aggressive , perhaps too much so for his own good , but his consistency this season was an encouraging sign for selectors searching for batsmen of the future . |
| 12 | But he was ‘ too eccentric for his own good . ’ |
| 13 | Burton , too , contributed : a wayward genius , too much of a drinker for his own good , Richard did in this instance behave like the very bright and perceptive gentleman he could be . |
| 14 | ‘ He had been shown the yellow card and the referee had had a word with him and although he did n't like being substituted , I did it for his own good . |
| 15 | What 's so ludicrous about all this , aside from the paternalistic attitude that they 're protecting Neil ‘ for his own good ’ , aside from the fact that it 's an outrageous waste of time and money , is the arbitrary way customs exercise power . |
| 16 | He 's only 19 and needs a rest for his own good . ’ |
| 17 | He flips way off the handle , often too ridiculous for his own good , but his unfaltering sincerity and self-belief is steadying and dispels any giddy embarrassment brought on by such behaviour . |
| 18 | He went back to school a misfit , troublesome , confused , way behind in his studies , far too independent for his own good and on trial . |
| 19 | I shall nevertheless oblige him to dance for his own good . |
| 20 | Mr Ueberroth may have spoken a bit too bluntly for his own good — and was not known for his sensitivity in dealing with the urban poor . |
| 21 | One Afro-Caribbean woman described how she felt that she was never given a choice of provision for her son , and objected to being told he should be in a specialist nursery for his own good . |
| 22 | Mansell 's commitment to the job has led some to suggest he is too brave for his own good . |
| 23 | Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good . |
| 24 | There were times when Jotan was too perceptive for his own good . |
| 25 | We , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern , from our young days brought up with him , awakened by a man standing on his saddle , are summoned , and arrive , and are instructed to glean what afflicts him and draw him on to pleasures , such s a play , which unfortunately , as it turns out , is abandoned in some confusion owing to certain nuances outside our appreciation — which , among other causes , results in , among other effects , a high , not to say , homicidal , excitement in Hamlet , whom we , in consequence , are escorting , for his own good , to England . |
| 26 | It 's partly because I 'm so lonely , it 's partly deliberate ( I want to make him relax , both for his own good and so that one day he may make a mistake ) , so it 's part weakness , and part cunning , and part charity . |
| 27 | According to her , he was too clever for his own good . |
| 28 | But from what I hear he was too fussy for his own good . |
| 29 | Smooth bloody everything , he thought , smooth voice , smooth clothes , altogether too smooth for his own good . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's for his own good , ’ Dann put in . |