Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How many of them lacked only the good fortune that saved you ? ’ |
| 2 | Well when I worked at , when I started off in the I quite liked my job in there , you made your own pay , and I liked , it was a starching job , I 'd quite a good job in there . |
| 3 | We were — ’ I thought up a good lie quickly ; they 're the best ones ' — remembering all the times we had when we were students . |
| 4 | It is for reasons like these that I crossed out the best part of two months each autumn to devote to the public-spending discussions . |
| 5 | Yeah , I think rather a good idea . |
| 6 | Oh yes I think so a good thing you 're inviting Ken did n't I to come with us ? |
| 7 | Let , I said well the best thing ju to do erm er Pam I said is just to ignore them I said and ignoring them makes it you know ? |
| 8 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 9 | I had quite a good chat with Ray the other day , yes , eh . |
| 10 | The excess sail is rolled up neatly around the mast out of the way and still I 've good a good sail shape . |
| 11 | I see only a good case of thrush , minimum . |
| 12 | The idea is that , if you pick out the best bits from the past , combine them , mix and match them , dust them down and restore them fondly , then the result will be something better . |
| 13 | you said you got quite a good rapport . |
| 14 | You put on a good front , and appear to others as an outgoing person . |
| 15 | The package is designed to help you work out the best way of controlling your finances over the period of a year . |
| 16 | Interest cover was already strong and is now at nearly ten times patently er , a very healthy level and whether or not you add back the good will on other er , acquisitions , I dare say the ratio is at a very low level indeed . |
| 17 | er you get , you get quite a good editor , just comes free with Windows . |
| 18 | If you do n't you have quite a good chance of getting malaria if you 've been bitten . |
| 19 | Please use it as a reminder to ensure that you keep up the good work and the resolutions you have started . |
| 20 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 21 | The initial shock must have been terrible , but in fact she had rather a good war . |
| 22 | We raised quite a good sum for the first time and that went to the Barnardos home . |
| 23 | Well that , that 's what I 'm saying is that , I think what we have to start doing and I 'm not suggesting you 're not doing , but I just want to talk about this in , before we practically kick off on the course proper , I think what , I mean that comes off , and then the oil starts dripping out of it , and the minute the oil starts dripping out , then we become quite a good artist are n't we ? |
| 24 | We struck up a good relationship almost immediately . |
| 25 | Since we may acquit the Scots of choosing a day of such apparent ill-omen because of their foreboding that Mary represented a new disaster , we have here a good example of their ability to recover self-confidence , and consign catastrophe to the past . |
| 26 | In fact in my company we have rather a good scheme . |
| 27 | I think I should mention we have perhaps the best library collection in Britain on developing country material , and if there is someone with a specialist need , they would be welcome to use our library . |
| 28 | Two other traits Charles may have owed to the influence of his father Louis the Pious , though he pursued both a good deal further than Louis . |
| 29 | Indeed , the party might well stay in power unless the Liberals win outright since it has much the better chance of putting together a coalition with other parties . |
| 30 | It so happened that it turned out a good thing that it did n't get posted , but that was just a lucky chance . |