Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are overweight , but are happy with the exercises you do at least three times per week , then far be it from us to interfere — continue , you are obviously doing a good job ! |
| 2 | ‘ It 's like a holiday camp sometimes and we are all having a good time . |
| 3 | DEADLY rivals Stoke and Port Vale lived to fight another day after this passionate Potteries derby , and both camps are already talking a good fight before next week 's replay . |
| 4 | If you do n't do that efficiently then you are not doing a good job for the community . |
| 5 | I get a lot of enjoyment from doing it , this is the biggest we 've been involved in and we 're all having a good time . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're just having a good time . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they look like they 're acting , the tape is rejected . |
| 8 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they 're looking at their watch , or they look like they 're acting , then the tape is rejected . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We have to get back to a position where investors want to invest in unquoted companies and believe they 're still getting a good return , but I do n't think that will be the 30% they might have been promised . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 've missed seeing Prague — but you 're otherwise having a good time , are n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | Those who have cottoned on to the streak of genius in Brittain 's seemingly eccentric modus operandi have struck a rich vein of gold as the stable 's horses are often priced a good deal longer than they should be . |
| 12 | The agents insist , naturally , that they are out to get a good price . |
| 13 | They are out to have a good time . |
| 14 | and I know it 's too close but I 'm still getting a good wash . |
| 15 | ‘ The victims were just having a good time . ’ |
| 16 | Other people were also having a good time : the level of noise had edged up and up ; the charity organizers , women with greedy smiles , were counting piles of money ; and Clarissa was still leading Toby a chase . |
| 17 | Jim Bob , laughing , says that some of the crew are here , as much for him to talk to as for their tour responsibilities : ‘ Because if we were n't having a good time with our friends we could n't do this . ’ |
| 18 | If the monitor works but appears to have lost one or more of the red , blue or green colours , the cable connecting the card to the monitor is not making a good connection . |
| 19 | The South-West Shropshire Historical and Archeological Society is already doing a good job in recording the history of the area , especially that which is in living memory , or only one or two generations removed . |
| 20 | If they do it too much then the farrier 's not doing a good job |
| 21 | He probably thinks everyone is still having a good time out there somewhere in the fog . |
| 22 | It 's like playing a good game of squash , squash , to get a better game and it 's not so hard because you 're off to , you , you 're fit for the game . |
| 23 | Although he is suffering from a type of septicaemia , he is clearly having a good spell . |
| 24 | Some of the other holiday-makers did n't speak much English … but that 's the beauty of HCI , everyone is there to have a good time and you find you make friends even if you do n't speak the same language . |
| 25 | But I mean , were led to believe that some of the people that you see sitting on the streets of Edinburgh begging are actually making a good living out of it ! |
| 26 | Oxford actually while it was open had a good reputation amongst prisoners for the relationship between staff and prisoners . |
| 27 | The doctor was telling her that he was off to have a good time where Lydia lived , imagining that this would induce envy in her . |
| 28 | In Celtic countries it was always considered a good omen if one of these cats decided to settle in the home . |
| 29 | It was mainly to make a good impression on the new tribe . |
| 30 | Some neighbours would even tell my daughters that I was n't at home because I was out having a good time with men . |