Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men such as Syd obviously took a great deal of pride in their work — woe betide a fireman or fitter who did not do a good job ! |
| 2 | Transworld 's international sales director John Blake said the heat of Olympia 2 did not create a good atmosphere in which to do business . |
| 3 | He did not acquire a good reputation . |
| 4 | The hungry sheep seem to look up in vain to their religious leaders and , if this was the whole reality , it is surprising that the Reformation did not happen a good deal earlier . |
| 5 | Lawyers said she did not have a good relationship with the father and the prospect that he may return to the family home prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 6 | He did not have a good journey from Greshornish ; the ground proved so soft that he frequently had to dismount and walk . |
| 7 | ‘ Results show we did not have a good season and at the end of the day the responsibility was mine . |
| 8 | The Secretary of State did not provide a good defence of the Government 's proposition . |
| 9 | Wills , leases and assents are among those documents that do not form a good root of title . |
| 10 | ‘ You do not get a good spread of risk and it kept putting the premiums up . |
| 11 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |
| 12 | This result can be interpreted in support of Frith 's contention , in that good readers who are poor spellers are those who do not have a good awareness of the relationships between sound and spelling . |
| 13 | The answer is that while they may not have the male 's full attention they do often get a good territory with plenty of food . |
| 14 | er when you were in the trade like mine if you did n't do a good job the man never come back to you , there was a , there was a blacksmith farrier in every village ! |
| 15 | I suppose I did n't make a good impression on her . |
| 16 | Those old 2-D screens did n't give a good picture . |
| 17 | This did n't get a good response . |
| 18 | I think they spoke to each other but I did n't get a good look until I was sitting in Armstrong with the engine running . |
| 19 | He did n't have a good voice but he was never off-key . |
| 20 | ‘ That did n't have a good script . |
| 21 | So they all had hookworm , and they did n't have a good diet , and so they were badly affected . |
| 22 | ‘ We did n't have a good season by our standards of the last few years . |
| 23 | If you do a good job , it sounds good ; if you do n't do a good job , it sounds terrible . |
| 24 | " I do n't want a good talk . |
| 25 | As Jim Russell at Wild Turkey tells you in a southern drawl : ‘ If you do n't make a good product to start with , a charcoal barrel ai n't gon na help . ’ |
| 26 | But as an ex-Immigration Officer told the magazine Race Today ( June 1973 ) ‘ If you do n't show a good record in refusing people it is thought you are not doing your job properly . ’ |
| 27 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 28 | Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure . |
| 29 | you know we do n't get a good deal with Dave because we 're paying hundred percent overheads on the seat he 's sitting |
| 30 | ‘ That 's because you do n't have a good curate , papa . |