Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a very good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became a very good eyeballer , and I could read any line on any green . |
| 2 | I got a very good deal on the buoyancy aid . |
| 3 | ‘ They say she is a very good housekeeper and I want a very good housekeeper because my house will be perfect . |
| 4 | ‘ I read a very good piece by Candida Crewe , in which she said that she felt her life had been made richer by having had step-parents . |
| 5 | Yeah Renaults I get a very good discount . |
| 6 | But as important as our joint interests are our shared values and I think a very good example of this is our common approach , er er , to the question of the Social Chapter for which the Labour opposition led , I may say , by two leading G M B spokesmen Jack and George the Labour opposition has fought long and hard for this in parliament , indeed , we have secured a vote on the question er , after the Queen 's ascent , and last month , I myself , as a guest of the Danish social democrats , took the argument to the continent in the Danish referendum , in the second Danish ref referendum , which I 'm very glad to say was won ! |
| 7 | ‘ I was lucky in that I was appointed as the group was beginning to take off so I had a very good relationship with the plc directors . |
| 8 | I had a very good man in to see to the heating and lighting , and the whole conversion was done professionally . |
| 9 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 10 | I had a very good knowledge of Edinburgh by the time I was five . |
| 11 | I was doing chequebooks and cards , and I had a very good run on them for about four months , but what with taking drugs and that I collapsed one time when I was working out on the street . |
| 12 | The length of the adjusted pack was enough to cater for my unusually long back and after making a small adjustment to the shoulder strap attachment plates which can be swivelled to close or widen the gap between them at the neck , I had a very good fit . |
| 13 | ‘ But I had a very good reason … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just a knack and a not entirely reliable one , ’ the Doctor replied , ‘ but of course I had a very good teacher . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've a very good nose for smells . ’ |
| 16 | I have a very good idea who they will be and the bets are already placed , so for a bit more inside information , watch this space . |
| 17 | ‘ I have a very good reason for wanting Dana close to me . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a very good reason , as it happens . ’ |
| 19 | Steve and I have a very good business relationship . |
| 20 | You got a very good committee , dedicated committee erm who , you see the young trainees were sent to the technical colleges and you see , erm some of them did go on if they graduated to Stanford Hall , but I mean those that went to technical college , we used to have to get the committee to sit in at the examinations . |
| 21 | ‘ Now why should you think I would be harbouring thoughts of revenge , unless … ’ she let a silence grow ‘ … you know a very good reason why I should feel that way ? ’ |
| 22 | You get a very good feel for , for world trade and the problems that are currently in the news at the moment with GATT , it 's a book entitled Current Issues in Agricultural Economics , right , Current Issues in Ag Econ it 's edited by er , the one and only Tony Rayner and er , David Coleman , so Rayner and Coleman are the editors , |
| 23 | you get a very good sketch and you can see what 's going on and you can see the angles . |
| 24 | Erm I 've indicated this morning that I think the employment component of the new settlement is an absolutely crucial part of the overall concept and unless you get a very good employment area , all the other objectives for the new settlement will not be achieved . |
| 25 | She seems a very good Guider too . |
| 26 | You 've a very good case . ’ |
| 27 | She had a very good memory and had passed many exams on the strength of it . |
| 28 | She had a very good night and is chatting to the staff , ’ said Alan Reid , head of public affairs for the 1,400-bed hospital complex . |
| 29 | Now you suggested you had a very good idea you said we could cut it up into twelfths . |
| 30 | I heard you had a very good doorman . |