Example sentences of "they be [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ideally , all doctors should participate in regular ongoing appraisal and training to ensure that they are providing a good service to their undergraduate and postgraduate students .
2 There is no need to become over-anxious about the subject of diet for the elderly.We simply need to keep a careful eye on things , to see that they are eating a good variety of food which includes plenty of protein , dairy products and fresh fruit and vegetables , together with some roughage , which is often best taken in the form of a bran cereal , and which will , in many cases , completely eliminate the problem of constipation and ease that of piles .
3 But I think they are doing a good job .
4 They are doing a good job under difficult circumstances .
5 The Police have received some unfair criticism but they are doing a good job .
6 He says they 're having a good time .
7 He 's taking her out for meals and they 're having a good time together you know .
8 They 're doin' a good job all round .
9 It 's the only way they can go around harassing and criminalizing black kids and think they 're doing a good job .
10 They me , they 're doing a good job !
11 England 's second encounter with West Indies was at Adelaide , where they were given a good start of 121 by Broad and Athey .
12 Clearly the mines were once again working , and a year later , Gibson wrote again to Sir Michael in London , advising that there were 17 or 18 men constantly at work and that they were getting a good quantity of ore … about 15 tons were then ready for weighing .
13 Bargain-hunters flocked to the stores , believing they were getting a good deal only to find they had paid the normal price or , in some cases , more .
14 Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal .
15 Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal .
16 They were getting a good deal out of staying at our house .
17 There 's a man-track in fact , there are several — and they look as though they were used a good deal .
18 She and her friends seldom discussed the concept of happiness : when they were not either bored or depressed they were having a good time and enjoying themselves .
19 They were going a good gallop all the way and it found him out . ’
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