Example sentences of "and [verb] a good [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are also extremely vocal , calling and bellowing a good deal of the time . |
| 2 | If you seriously wish to lose your weight then it is most sensible to do it by looking carefully at your diet and eating a good balance of carbohydrates and protein with a reduced fat content . |
| 3 | ‘ Get to work , Isaac — and make a good job of it . |
| 4 | It is set in spacious tropical gardens and offers a good choice of facilities . |
| 5 | Man for man the SEALs were one of the most effective units in Vietnam , and remain a good model for COIN operations in the future . |
| 6 | Looking after the customer is , therefore , very important ; a lot depends on building and maintaining a good relationship with your customers . |
| 7 | Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time . |
| 8 | ‘ If you 'd like to find out what it 's like to be put over my knee and given a good thrashing in a public place that 's probably the best way to do it . ’ |
| 9 | The Auto account , which was affected by adverse weather in the first quarter , is now benefiting from successful rating action and produced a good result at the half year . |
| 10 | This man would forget the purpose of his visit , at least for a brief spell , and the fact that he was on official business , and drink tea and eat a good meal in the prosecutor 's house , crack jokes and make amiable conversation , and sleep through the heat of the day . |
| 11 | Luckily , my after-match tantrum in the dressing room certainly shook up my rabble and got a good performance against Frampton . |
| 12 | ‘ So did I , dear boy , so did I , ’ said the star lugubriously , and got a good laugh from the cast . |
| 13 | I reached round and got a good handful of his arse . |
| 14 | Two full-time researchers at the RIIA will undertake a part of this research and coordinate a good deal of team work involving British academics and practitioners as well as in some cases scholars from Western Europe . |
| 15 | The post was very interesting and involved a good blend of research , teaching and clinical work . |
| 16 | ‘ And when you get there , make sure he goes to the Gentlemen 's Cloakroom and has a good wash before the interview . |
| 17 | Among his other good qualities are : a strong attachment to his home and a constant readiness to defend it ; he is very willing to retrieve and has a good capacity for tracking ; he has considerable endurance , likes the water and is fond of children . |
| 18 | Caribbean Connection can tailor-make any itinerary and has a good range of special offers throughout the summer . |
| 19 | Although still classified as a rare breed , the British White has increased considerably in numbers in recent years and has also been exported : it seems to thrive in hot climates and has a good degree of heat tolerance , helped by its pigmented skin and reflecting white coat . |
| 20 | If the person is deaf , find out if there is a hearing aid , if it is being worn , is switched on , and has a good battery in it . |
| 21 | The Dartmoor Wildlife Park and Falconry Centre , near Plymouth , 16 miles away , is set in thirty acres of beautiful countryside and has a good collection of big cats . |
| 22 | It makes a gnarled specimen with minute , round leaves and has a good crop of black berries in winter . |
| 23 | Helen Carpenter has always taken an interest in clothes and has a good eye for colour but , approaching 40 , she felt it was time to rethink some areas of her looks . |
| 24 | It is particularly accessible to the Central and National Libraries and the Museum and has a good liaison with the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Planning Department . |
| 25 | The centre has the support of Selby District Council , and has a good rapport with the dog wardens , who bring in stray and abandoned dogs each week . |
| 26 | ‘ And send a good man to Dornberg to find out what 's happening in front of him . ’ |
| 27 | I succeeded almost immediately and found a good alignment of moats ending at Gill 's Lap pine clump on Ashdown Forest , one of the marks noted by Tony Wedd . |
| 28 | By the time children go to school they will be used to choosing their own books and will know and enjoy a good range of picture books , stories , and poems . |
| 29 | The Franks report cost £60 000 and stands a good chance of recovering some of that cost through sales of the report . |
| 30 | In the old large hospitals it was sometimes difficult to detect the strong mutual , informal relationships which developed amongst patients and provided a good deal of support , and , unfortunately , often little account was taken of these relationships when patients were moved from the hospitals into the community . |