Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv prt] [prep] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are determined to give up smoking , you are already off to a good start . |
| 2 | ‘ And as for the Vancouver race , ’ she went on blithely , ‘ Laurentide Ice might as well melt right now , but Sparrowgrass and Voting Right are both in with a good chance . |
| 3 | ‘ She does n't get out much , ’ said Shirley flatly : a statement at once accurate and wonderfully , gloriously misleading : ‘ she does n't get out much ’ , an acceptable phrase , a dull little coin , an everyday coin , suggesting a mild , an ordinary , a commonplace disinclination , for in Northam ‘ getting out ’ was in many circles regarded as suspect , as improper , as leading to no good ( those making merry in Breasbrough , for example , were undoubtedly up to no good ) — a freak tolerated in the young , though with much grumbling , but considered dissolute , wayward , against nature in their elders . |
| 4 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 5 | Young Charlie — who was always up to no good as far as I could see — nevertheless had what Tata called ‘ a future ’ . |
| 6 | If he was really up to no good the situation might have turned awkward — though as it happens he was perfectly civil , and I was n't nervous . ’ |
| 7 | Both Davide and the plaintiff 's lawyer chuckled afterwards that he was definitely on to a good thing . |