Example sentences of "be [verb] a very good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I liked it , though , when bemused visitors came up to us and said , ‘ You 're doing a very good job . ’ |
| 2 | Yes it was , and I think it also er really put paid to the journalists that came along expecting to write our political obituary , because what did come over in all the workshops er and in the main plenary sessions , was that , that local , local parties are doing very well indeed and are getting a very good reception on the doorstep , in fact some other polls on , on er the Green strategy to the environment show that people actually do still trust the Greens far more than any other party . |
| 3 | ‘ It would be doing a very good turn for Miss Miggs if we could climb up and pick those apples that are left , ’ she suggested to Anne and Mary . |
| 4 | Erm , er he might be doing a very good job of explaining some other notion , not the notion of a self or an individual , but er something else . |
| 5 | And he 'll be do a very good show rather a shy man but he will And that will be that will be rather technical if I know Adrian , but if you if you like he 's that 's the time to come . |
| 6 | Remember John and I went on a , a visit down to see their hut and to be honest , they were making a very good job of the hut , what they come in for , is er , a second bite , really , erm , they 've got to , to floor the roof which we er , thought was quite interesting . |
| 7 | Saunders added : ‘ It is becoming a very good team with the defence looking really solid . ’ |
| 8 | When another person indicates support for something you have said , build on that alliance by acknowledging their contribution : ‘ Bill 's made a very good point there ’ , and , if appropriate , back them up ( 'and what I think is also relevant' or ‘ I 'd like to add to what he said by … |
| 9 | He 's going outside his brief if you like , he 's doing a very good service . |
| 10 | And it is the exciting part of my job is to make these links work , start to build on them , and over our links in the city on the environmental and group with Tony Benn , that 's that 's doing a very good job , he is a platform for this , for each other , but I think there 's a lot more we can do locally erm within the city to build those links , and to work together for better answers for the city , and I hope that , on a practical level , one of the things that interested me was your grants team for local organisations , and I would like to think myself here today , we might look at the health authority , and try to join with them to make some erm practical contribution , particularly to those many carers , and groups of people who have problems , and we 're not all just professionals best able to put over during our normal nine-to-five or eight-to-eight days , we we can . |
| 11 | But perfectly matched they are in this grand old play which seems to steadily improve with age , and which is receiving a very good production from Colette O'Neil at Perth . |
| 12 | Certainly when I went there recently I was given a very good reception , which pleased me very much . |
| 13 | Angela was doing a very good job there , taking him round the MPs he had to talk to . ’ |
| 14 | We sent Martin over to operate our North American office because we produce a magazine that goes all over the world , and based in Canada he ran the office for us there and was doing a very good job . |