Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
| 2 | I believed I put them to good use against Pakistan . |
| 3 | This time I studied it in good sunlight , because some of the colours are so dim or so dark that one can hardly see what the pattern is all about . |
| 4 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 5 | I have it on good assurance |
| 6 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 7 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 8 | I have it on good authority that I 'm likely to live . |
| 9 | Of course , America is a different story , and I have it on good authority that Harmonys still abound there . |
| 10 | I have it on good authority that Fat Sam 's pleasure is coarsing . |
| 11 | I have it on good authority from a cousin in Stockport , who has a drinking buddy who knows the car park attendant at Altrincham , that my name has already been linked with a managerial post at both Rotherham and Manchester United . |
| 12 | Furthermore , I have it on good authority that the same arkie has been invited to attend the South of England Rally this year . |
| 13 | ‘ I have it on good authority that your father is seriously considering selling , ’ he said calmly . |
| 14 | ‘ I have it on good authority that there is a waiting list of up to 50 weeks despite what the health authority says . |
| 15 | ‘ I have it on good authority that when Satan left , Christ did it but then changed them back to show he would not be tempted to eat . |
| 16 | I have it on good authority that someone living at Hempnall became very enamoured of a stray mink she found outside her house . |
| 17 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 18 | " See you put it to good use . " |
| 19 | If your painting or other work of art has ever been the subject of a theft in the past then you may not now be the true owner even if you bought it in good faith ; you may be forced to hand it back to the original owner , or his heirs , depending on the relevant jurisdiction . |
| 20 | We want you for Good Money . |
| 21 | ‘ We are putting a lot of money into these core plants to improve their efficiency and reduce variable costs , ’ Ewart emphasizes , ‘ It is vital that we keep them in good shape . ’ |
| 22 | We 've got it , we bought it in good faith and we 're keeping it |
| 23 | The pubs had begun hiring marquees to contain their overflow and they put them to good use by putting on entertainment — a disco , a barn dance or jazz music — on the Friday and Saturday evenings . |
| 24 | They stood her in good stead when her father enrolled her at her next school , Riddlesworth Hall , two hours ' drive from Park House . |
| 25 | ‘ Where goods are sold in market overt , according to the usage of the market , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of any defect or want of title on the part of the seller . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Where the seller of goods has a voidable title to them , but his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of the seller 's defect of title . ’ |
| 27 | Though he greeted her in good English , he looked curiously ill at ease , his brown eyes repeatedly sliding away from hers . |
| 28 | It stood her in good stead when it came to the areas of change which are always necessary in an organisation approaching its centenary . |
| 29 | It stood them in good stead again in 1976 when drought caused many villages to be supplied with stand pipes . |
| 30 | At least it stood us in good stead for Tuesday night 's game at Scrimley Arsenal , where we came away with a very creditable 2–4 defeat . |