Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We started many years ago by believing that innovation and uniqueness would provide the revenue to give us a good return , and for a time it did . |
| 2 | There was a full social programme to give them a good impression of Scotland and its people . |
| 3 | Turn off the water , drain down and bale out the cistern to give it a good clean . |
| 4 | It is prone to shrinking and should be pre-shrunk during the manufacture to make it a good buy . |
| 5 | Shower heads should be cleaned regularly with a nail brush ; every so often use a descaler to give them a good clean . |
| 6 | There was time when they had to bribe er , give some sort of er incentive to the foreman to give them a good time , then it was the shop stewards who would give the workers to the management who will do the o overtime . |
| 7 | I make his bed once a week to give it a good puff up in the sheets . |
| 8 | We have spent £110 million enlarging the terminal and creating a spacious new environment to give you a better standard of service . |
| 9 | And while his mother may have forgotten Dublin and his father , who had given his life to make it a better place for his children to live in , Patrick had not . |
| 10 | Some detectors incorporate the two types in a single unit to give you a better performance . |
| 11 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |
| 12 | Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor . |