Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [prep] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hard work and determination set her in good stead for the confrontation she had had with the Johnson representative , Albert Buller . |
| 2 | His early training as an engineer stood him in good stead , and he not only devised but also constructed most of the apparatus that he used . |
| 3 | Yet I found that the breadth of my Scottish education stood me in good stead in the work of assessing and editing material from the whole agenda of a serious newspaper . |
| 4 | I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’ |
| 5 | It was because the Communist Party fed me , that my learning stood me in good stead and I know at least this much and I live like this . |
| 6 | experience of project managing the construction of a new store stood him in good stead for creating a corner of Cornwall in Stamford Street in just two days . |
| 7 | The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry . |
| 8 | During this period of voluntary ostracism from social contact with those around him , Mr Thesiger 's fondness for out-of-doors sports and predilection for the simple life stood him in good stead . |
| 9 | The first study in recent years of this important Boston painter and teacher whose Paris training stood him in good stead in introducing into America a fascinating mixture of French Academicism , Barbizon and early Impressionism . |
| 10 | Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock . |
| 11 | Beattie 's outstanding record as a dedicated social worker stood him in good stead at the ‘ Diplock ’ tribunal and partly explained the presence of a total of twenty-four persons who came to testify on his behalf . |
| 12 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 13 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 14 | His previous experience stood him in good stead . |
| 15 | Tamar found the side-saddle strange at first , but her previous experience stood her in good stead . |
| 16 | His Newmarket reappearance confirmed him in good order , as he travelled comfortably until left behind by those smart animals Zinaad and Apple Tree in the final furlong , beaten a neck and two lengths . |