Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was deter , you see I , I have to set a good example to Neil .
2 I hear you 've got a good voice . ’
3 Do you want to hear a good joke ?
4 Should you consider consulting a good accountant , stockbroker or other professional adviser ?
5 Miller 's Vinca rosea ( now Catharanthus roseus ) had been brought forward : ‘ as this plant is a great novelty in Europe … the Figure of the Plant has not yet been seen by any living person ’ and of Gardenia capense , called by him Jasminium , he wrote , ‘ Could we have procured a good drawing in proper time it would have been in its proper place , but as this is so curious and being an undescribed plant , we hope our purchasers will not be displeased with insertion here . ’
6 Can they afford to buy a good player ?
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