Example sentences of "we [vb base] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We intend to use a good number of the shots for promotional and exhibition uses in the run up to the 1993 Year of Railways .
2 We seem to have a good time whenever we 're out and always have something to talk about , which is really great .
3 As before we continue to receive a good flow of donations from the work of the Presidents Committee and their approaches to company contacts .
4 The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation .
5 Head gardener Matthew Hayes , who trained at Emerson College , Sussex , a leading centre for organic horticulture , says : ‘ We aim to provide a good insight into sound organic practice , which visitors can adopt in their own garden or allotment . ’
6 We know very little about the world history of such ideas and their dialectical development , but we do know a good deal about how things have gone in the main literate civilizations over the past four thousand years .
7 Well , we do see a good deal of what is around us and not simply whatever it is that we happen to be staring at .
8 That 's the team of management that I , together with one or two others , built up from scratch at the beginning of the Liberal Democrats , and we now in Stockport have a highly successful erm m As I say , tier of management for training , for campaigning , for policy development in Stockport , and as you probably know we do have a good record of winning local council seats .
9 ‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’
10 And if we put a little bit more effort into specifying requirements more tightly , then there 'd be less argument at the end of the day as to whether we 've done a good job or a bad job .
11 So Christopher said yes , so he said well he said , he said Mark said well we 've done a good job this afternoon so I thought that was nice of him
12 And I think we 've seen a good number of those erm from the Telegraph , the Mail and the Express , going to the Times .
13 ‘ We 're confident we 've created a good product , ’ says centre manager Stuart Goldie .
14 We 've made a good beginning , ’ he said , interrupting Kate 's account of how Ginny Salperton had met David Quest .
15 And sir the other strand which we 've heard a good deal about has been the nature of the vegetative screen which occurs between D thirty nine and D forty on the one hand , and land to the north of it on the other .
16 ‘ We 've been in this situation before , where we 've needed a good result away from home only to lose 1–0 , ’ he said .
17 We 've been a bit lucky because , although our ball is in high rough — and I mean high ; it was up to Greg 's knees — we 've caught a good lie , so he can hit a pitching-wedge back on to the fairway .
18 ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon .
19 We 've got a good squad .
20 We 've got a good speedway side …
21 We 've got a good mixture of clean , crisp colours and more muted shades which should have appeal for everybody , ’ said , Porter Paints manager of marketing planning and services .
22 that 's the one so they seem to think we 've got a good case so
23 Well , we 've got a good idea , but the blood tests will tell us more .
24 We 've got a good chance . ’
25 They said we 've got a good chance now of prosecuting 'em .
26 But I think we 've got a good chance of getting into the play-offs and we 're capable of beating anyone on our day .
27 I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects .
28 And I reckon that we 've got a good chance beating Sheffield Wednesday at football .
29 and an omnibus vote of , er , an omnibus welcome for a very large number of colleagues who are attending , er conference this year , Kevin , Birmingham regional president Jack , retired Lancashire regional secretary John , retired Liverpool regional secretary John , retired London regional secretary Cyril , retired Midland regional secretary , hang on , it goes on Andrew , retired Northern regional secretary Jim , Scottish retired regional secretary Derek , retired Southern regional secretary it 's a good job we 've got a good pension fund
30 We 've got a good garden , lots of space , what more could we ask for ?
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