Example sentences of "they [verb] a good [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes . |
| 2 | On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian . |
| 3 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 4 | ‘ But if they wanted to kidnap you , why did n't they make a better job of it ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 5 | ‘ And your conclusions are far from worthless , they make a good deal of sense to me . |
| 6 | Women 's hairstyles were copied so rapidly that , for the modern historian , they provide a good indication of the date of a portrait . |
| 7 | Readers may have received mail shots with the Barclaycard logo suggesting that they stand a good chance of winning a six figure sum of money and a car in a prize draw . |
| 8 | If you can get them into combat they stand a good chance of winning , but you can guarantee the enemy will do his best to shoot them up first . |
| 9 | Birds leave their roosts and take to the skies ; monkeys jump away through the branches to find breakfast , and antelope disperse once more over the open plains to graze , knowing that if danger comes they stand a good chance of seeing it before it gets lethally close . |
| 10 | But it was an improvement on William 's taste in art and they served a good pint of bitter , and Preston might almost have settled back to enjoy it if he 'd been able to forget their reason for being there and if Emily had n't kept on at him about William and the Black Death . |
| 11 | As a fellow Australian and all-round boozer , Flynn took a tremendous liking to Finch , and , not surprisingly , they spent a good deal of time drinking together . |
| 12 | Various other places too , so they get a good idea of the English language as it 's spoken in the nineteen nineties . |
| 13 | Before you reach for your collecting tins let me say they develop a good wheeze of taking in gullible Western guests and faking a few midnight tiger sightings with the aid of a collection of clockwork beasts and some carefully concealed tapes . |
| 14 | a prospect — they allow a good view of the surrounding territory |
| 15 | In the nineteenth century most of the ‘ moilies ’ were red ( for example , the Donegal Red ) with brown ears and noses , and they gave a good yield of milk rich in butterfat . |
| 16 | Most of them were so badly damaged that they sank or were forced to withdraw as shell splinters cut their steering lines and tracer set fire to fuel tanks , but they gave a good account of themselves because the port was defended by well-sited , quick-firing guns used for anti-aircraft or anti-ship fire . |
| 17 | ‘ I take risks , but they 're calculated risks and I would n't take them if I did n't think they had a good chance of succeeding . |
| 18 | Even in Wessex and East Anglia the ravaged territories were not always particularly extensive at any one time , and much of the population may have reckoned that they had a good chance of escaping . |
| 19 | They had a good supper of eggs and milk and crunchy , fresh bread in the kitchen which was as clean as the rest of the house but more cheerful with a big range fire that threw out heat like a furnace . |
| 20 | They had a good diet of bread , margarine , jam and bacon for breakfast , roast beef , potatoes and greens , and rice pudding for lunch , and bread and jam for tea with cake once a week . |
| 21 | Before the Americans were irrevocably committed , however , and before the French positions on the Chinese frontier were overrun , they could conceivably have strengthened non-communist national forces in Vietnam to the point where they had a better chance of competing with the Vietminh or even , biting on the bullet , the French could have tried to negotiate a settlement , no matter what alarm that prospect might have caused their American allies . |
| 22 | Only cornflakes and Rice Krispies are included in Stage I. they contain a good amount of protein and are fortified with extra vitamin B and iron . |
| 23 | If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course . |
| 24 | Where these are offering high standards of service and promotional benefits , they have a good chance of success . |
| 25 | It 's only a hop and a skip from the Viaduct , and they have a good selection of the latest fashions . ’ |
| 26 | HEART attack victims stand a better chance of survival if they have a good network of friends and neighbours , researchers announced today . |
| 27 | The police and football authorities now say they have a good picture of who 's who in the hooligan world . |
| 28 | They have a good stock of wicks and , if they do not have your particular one on the shelf , are confident they can order one for you . |
| 29 | ‘ We 're very fortunate with Verve in that they have a good understanding of why I work and about the way in which I work . |
| 30 | ‘ When I talk to people about how best to protect themselves from attack I always tell them that if they can turn that surprise back on to the attacker they have a better chance of making an escape . |