Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereupon Johnson observed that it did not necessarily follow ‘ that a man who has written a good poem on an art , has practised it ’ , citing excellently instructive verses on cider by a man never known to have made any . |
| 2 | I imagine she leaned eagerly over the desk towards me , as towards a pupil who has made a good point in his essay , smiling and nodding encouragingly . |
| 3 | His eyes were those of a chess-player who has made a good move . |
| 4 | The writers are three bright operators from Melbourne 's Age newspaper , their work edited by Patrick Smith , who has assembled a good range of pictures , some in colour , with player profiles dotted among the match reports , and scorecards by Ross Dundas . |
| 5 | But there are exceptions and one is Leslie Waddington who has enjoyed a good volume of business at ARCO where he will be exhibiting for the third successive year . |
| 6 | Anyone who wants to do a good turn and have an entertaining evening is asked to contact & name . |
| 7 | Eliot remarked in another regard , ‘ No association is free for the man who wants to do a good job , ’ for the ‘ religious ’ man not least , and for a Cohen most of all . |
| 8 | I want to work with people who want to have a good time . |
| 9 | Syllabus Design provides an introduction to language syllabus planning for teachers who want to gain a better understanding of the subject in order to develop the skills to evaluate , modify , and adapt the syllabuses with which they work . |
| 10 | He practises what he has always preached — respect and tolerance for people of whatever religion , who try to live a good life by their own creed . |
| 11 | For the dealer who did want a good price , the procedure became a matter of negotiation , and it paid him to buy the market-maker a drink sometimes . |
| 12 | The elderly lay proprietor , Miss Cordelia Claybury , had inherited the madhouse from her father who had made a good living out of the rich and insane . |
| 13 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 14 | There was a rival organization at the Tower Ballroom headed by Madame Pauline Rivers who had established a good reputation years before Tiller arrived . |
| 15 | The new Chancellor was Kurt Georg Kiesinger , a sensitive , able man , and a good orator , who had established a good reputation as Minister-President of Baden-Würtemberg in the early sixties . |
| 16 | She was angry , for sure , but a closer look would have revealed a heaviness in the mouth , a darkness under her eyes : the face of someone who had cried a good deal recently , and had some crying yet to do . |
| 17 | Dawn Roberts , tourism officer , said : ‘ It applies to all businesses throughout the borough , not just those in tourism , but all those who wish to maintain a good level of service to the customer . |
| 18 | Courtaulds and Nippon , who have enjoyed a good working relationship in the marine field for many years , see many mutual benefits from the joint venture . |
| 19 | Yeah , I mean it 's alright for people like my son John , who 's got a good salary . |
| 20 | Akinwande , 27 , said defiantly : ‘ They can shout at me as a foreigner but in Mickey , the best manager anyone could have , I 've got someone who 's got a good voice too . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm not going to do a match report either , I 'll leave that to someone who 's a bit more eloquent , and who 's got a better memory , I ca n't even seem to remember what happened 10 mins ago let alone 2 days . |
| 22 | If I could cite one example of that , the accountancy profession recruits seventy per cent of its intake from non-accountancy graduates , and in fact , a student taking accountancy , and getting a not particularly good degree , even a lower second class honours degree , can sometimes be regarded by employers as having demonstrated not particularly good aptitude for accountancy , and be discounted in favour of a candidate from another major subject , who 's got a better class of degree . |