Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a manager joins a sales team from another department where he or she enjoyed a good reputation , this v–ill go before them and influence the attitude of the team . |
| 2 | Your plugger should contact all the DJs with whom he or she has a good relationship , trying to persuade them to play your record . |
| 3 | ‘ It may be age , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm rather drawn to adversity and I like a good wash-out ; but nothing happens here except a steady loss of money . |
| 4 | That disgusting hood you were wearing slipped , and I got a good look at the back of your head . |
| 5 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 6 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 7 | Sir , I , and I suspect a good number of other readers , was surprised to read some of the comments in your feature on page one of the issue dated 20 September relating to the GCR Gala Weekend of 14/15 September . |
| 8 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So I just see myself passing through and meeting all these people along the way , like , and I have a good time . |
| 10 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 11 | And you had a good holiday did you ? |
| 12 | And you had a good ride over the weekend as well at Bellevue ? |
| 13 | And if you were lucky , and you got a good farmer , he 'd let you take one o what we call roasters , home . |
| 14 | ‘ Merymose was not a fool ; and you made a good impression when we first met . |
| 15 | There are no fees , and you collect a good rate of interest on the balance ; but you ca n't raise an overdraft . |
| 16 | ‘ And you have a good nephew , Yussuf . |
| 17 | There should not be too much uprooting , and you have a good chance of breeding as long as you do not overcrowd . |
| 18 | Multiply me several times and you have a good idea of the sort of coverage this author of PN 's Trivial Pursuits column and Harvey Porlock of the Sunday Times will get . |
| 19 | ‘ Your Myra sounds very capable ; she said you were ahead with your designing and you have a good stock . |
| 20 | And you have a good right to be … because … ’ |
| 21 | Sit it beside Donald Bennet and Bill Wallace 's Ski Mountaineering in Scotland guide and you have a good guide for every ski touring eventuality . |
| 22 | Her parents would as lief have me as Humphrey , and she 'd a good deal rather . ’ |
| 23 | I kept Joanna in commission , her food locker in the small cuddy where I both cooked and slept well stocked with keeping-stores , and she had a good reserve of fuel for the outboard . |
| 24 | There had been a very masculine intention to punish in those dark eyes and she had a good idea what the punishment would have been . |
| 25 | ‘ And she had a good life , when all 's said . ’ |
| 26 | Now , however , she had leisure to take in her surroundings , and she had a good look at an enormous house that she had barely glanced at before . |
| 27 | Derek really gave me some stick about my ‘ fan club , on the way home in the car ; he told my mum everything , and she had a good laugh , too . |
| 28 | This was not quite so convenient for her , and she spent a good deal of time travelling back and forth in her carriage . |
| 29 | Her reputation was established with the nine-volume Illustrations of Political Economy , and she received a good income from her magazine contributions which enabled her to go to America in 1834 . |
| 30 | ‘ We showed her that videofit you issued , she said it was him , and she gave a good description of the lorry . |