Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] good [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Write your answer on a postcard and send it to Good Food Competition , TODAY Features , 1 Virginia Street , London E1 9BS , to arrive by Monday November 9 .
2 It spat a worrisome mixture of steam and flame out periodically and covered the bottom of the pans with black ooze , a treacly goo that got itself on to my pile jacket and put me in good humour for an hour or so .
3 Mike Woodhead studied soil-science in Holland and put it to good use when he purchased his wine estate .
4 The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery .
5 The bill would give the service a ‘ new lease of life ’ and put it in good shape to provide an even better service by setting up a new system of financial management and creating new incentives to efficiency .
6 But it 's well , ’ he said seriously , ‘ that you should have a token about you that will get you in to me or the prince at need , and stand you in good stead if ever you should fall foul unawares of any of his officers or mine .
7 Well obviously they would look after them and keep them in good order , and what have you , so that there was no hold up with them trying to make a wage or whatever .
8 ‘ If you start from a sound basis and do things right — keep the house open to the public on an agreed scale and keep it in good nick — then running a major house is feasible .
9 I have the ends trimmed regularly and keep it in good condition .
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