Example sentences of "we [verb] a good [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the meeting Mr Fallon said : ‘ We made a good bit of progress . |
| 2 | We planned a good tour of the near peaks of Windermere . |
| 3 | Yeah we attract a better class of candidate do n't we ? |
| 4 | ‘ We owe a good deal of thanks to Mr Kennedy for all the effort he put into getting us the medals , ’ said Mr Connor . |
| 5 | Obviously we will be guided by our consultants but this er er view of is er er meeting with er er great success in the villages because obviously er we feel that if there is a public inquiry then we stand a better chance of British Coal sticking to the promises made when they had the original planning application and removing all waste by train to suitable sites and there 's one at Welbeck which is waiting for the material . |
| 6 | If only one household appeals this may not carry much weight , but if several of us do , and give similar grounds for the appeal , then we stand a better chance of succeeding . |
| 7 | As we read it we get a good idea of the character of each one . |
| 8 | From here we continue to Terreira da Luta , where we get a good view of Funchal and see how high we have already climbed . |
| 9 | And they are there to be worked to until such time as we find a better way of doing it . |
| 10 | Many of them live out in the provinces so we keep a good range of beers that include some from their part of the world , ’ explained Jim . |
| 11 | I suppose we saw a good deal of each other , over the ensuing months . |
| 12 | We offer a good selection of houses , bungalows flats and hotel bookings . |
| 13 | We had a good field of fire all round in case the enemy came out of the sunken road or over the hedge . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought we had a good chance of tracing the Spidex people through London . |
| 15 | After we left the lake , our friend drove us inland to a forested area where , he assured us we had a good chance of seeing a great grey owl . |
| 16 | ‘ He linked up well with Stuart Pearce and Nigel Clough , and we had a good run of success . |
| 17 | However , amongst those who did come we had a good combination of past experience and new ideas . |
| 18 | We had a good deal of fun doing it . ’ |
| 19 | Once again Benjamin used his warrant , pushing his way through the grumbling spectators until we had a good view of both the execution scene and Smithfield Common . |
| 20 | We were sat in the North Bank ( could n't get tickets for the Leeds end ) , and in the second half we had a good view of the amount of space that the Arsenal forwards were getting , it was unbelievable . |
| 21 | We had a good view of Sao Paulo as we flew over it — so massive , it looks bigger than New York , and you can almost see it grow as you watch it , because all round the outskirts of the city are straggling half-finished ‘ shanty town housing estates ’ , with dirt roads and little hut-like dwellings , as it seemed from the air . |
| 22 | not particularly my cup of tea but mum enjoyed them and they got everybody going and and then we had a good game of bingo . |
| 23 | I was panicking a bit about a week before the sale as stuff was not coming in very quickly but thanks to Nursery Needs and all those who did last minute searches we had a good amount of stuff to sell in the end . |
| 24 | In practice that is a recipe for disaster since , without knowing what the brain and its components do , we will never know whether we have a good description of how they work . |
| 25 | But now we have a good chance of going all the way . ’ |
| 26 | At our absolute best , we have a good chance of a favourable result . |
| 27 | After all , we have a good couple of hours before we have to go back . ’ |
| 28 | We have a good understanding of inorganic complexation , and sophisticated computer models have been developed to calculate the 'speciation' of metals in groundwaters . |
| 29 | Nobody could claim that we have a good record of producing players , so the more debate and discussion we can engender , the better . |
| 30 | ‘ We have a good team of regular volunteers but there is always room for more either at weekends or during the week . |