Example sentences of "done a [adj] job " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Army has done a grand job of work in the initial stages of rehabilitation , and without its aid progress would have been far slower . |
| 2 | Milne — who made a brief appearance in the game against Wombats — has done a grand job getting sponsorship from , among others , Royal Mail Scotland , while the luminaries he has persuaded to play include Roger Baird , Finlay Calder , Jim Calder , Jim Aitken , Euan Kennedy , Alan Tomes and Jim Renwick . |
| 3 | ‘ Jim Smith has done a tremendous job at Porstmouth , ’ says Lyall , ‘ They play quick-pass football and any team who play the ball early can always create space . |
| 4 | ‘ Andre has done a tremendous job , explaining in great detail what happens when someone dies and when they are cremated . |
| 5 | ‘ The state oil company , PDVSA , has done a tremendous job since nationalisation and is now ranked among the largest and best in the world , ’ he says . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've done a nice job here . ’ |
| 7 | According to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , the commission has done a good job in proposing new legislation which is workable and fits well with other parts of the law . |
| 8 | As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job . |
| 9 | To its credit , Fimbra has done a good job weeding out some of the black sheep . |
| 10 | So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum . |
| 11 | Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ . |
| 12 | Geoff has done a good job on it . |
| 13 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 14 | You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood . |
| 15 | As it is , Vox have done a good job of producing a classic guitar with a '90s feel and sound . |
| 16 | ‘ By the feel of it , you done a good job . |
| 17 | A midwife with 25 years experience , she thought she had done a good job — then she discovered the truth . |
| 18 | The Civil Affairs Service had done a good job in my estimation . |
| 19 | Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain . |
| 20 | ‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’ |
| 21 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 22 | But they know what the game is , and they know when they have done a good job : the rewards are tangible and clear . |
| 23 | The practical question which this paper also addresses is ‘ how can one tell when and whether a lawyer has done a good job ? ’ . |
| 24 | Someone who says he 's ‘ held one in his hand ’ , thinks that Intel has done a good job hyping up the industry over the P5 without having much chance of delivering its promises for some time to come . |
| 25 | It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm a great disciplinarian , I 'm tough on politeness and all that , but at the end of the day he 's done a good job on himself . |
| 27 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |
| 28 | " You 've done a good job , " Lee said quickly , recognizing the woman 's insecurity . |
| 29 | That publisher had done a good job , but I did n't feel that it would really be geared to the sort of mass market that I wanted to reach . |
| 30 | He done a good job . ’ |