Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earthworms obtained in this way should be given a good rinse immediately — but use of the dilute permanganate solution does not damage the lawn and the well rinsed earthworms are perfectly safe to feed to fish . |
| 2 | The Tory candidate for Skipton and Ripon , Mr David Curry , must be employing a good getaway driver to meet his punishing campaign schedule . |
| 3 | I 'm sure he 's done his England career a load of good … he 'll be concidered a good footballer now he 's at Rovers ( even though he 'll be doing eaxctly what he was at Leeds ! ! ! ! |
| 4 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 5 | It could be having a good night 's sleep the night before , playing tennis or taking a sauna , losing weight or having a stiff drink just before you begin . |
| 6 | The designer , Martin Storey , of Artwork , the man credited with the discovery of Trowark 's manuscripts , may be spinning a good yarn about their origins , but the jumpers are genuinely a fine mix of fable and cable . |
| 7 | It did not worry me unduly because all that was needed would be to choose a good Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but Harold Wilson was not likely to miss a trick like that . |
| 8 | I knew Dawn 's talons would be finding a good grip on his scalp . |
| 9 | They make rotten toilet paper , and I do n't know what else to do with them , and , oh Nick ’ — she suddenly sat heavily beside me on the bed — ‘ you 're a good man and sometimes I think how nice it would be to have a good man in my life again . ’ |
| 10 | An imaginative PRO or press officer will be thinking up new and useful angles for in-depth feature material suitable for specific programmes or publications and will be spending a good proportion of his or her time selling them . |