Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess he heard Barbara and me discussing the good time we had with you , and he kind of picked up on it , and he wondered why he could n't come down to the Bahamas and isolate himself from drugs . |
| 2 | ‘ It may be age , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm rather drawn to adversity and I like a good wash-out ; but nothing happens here except a steady loss of money . |
| 3 | That disgusting hood you were wearing slipped , and I got a good look at the back of your head . |
| 4 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 5 | On a recent visit to New Zealand , my wife and I had the good fortune to meet up with Alf and Muriel Newton . |
| 6 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 7 | I stood looking at the pools of water lying on the pitch , the door of the directors ' Portakabin swinging back and forth on its one remaining hinge , and I recalled the good times , remembered the bad . |
| 8 | Sir , I , and I suspect a good number of other readers , was surprised to read some of the comments in your feature on page one of the issue dated 20 September relating to the GCR Gala Weekend of 14/15 September . |
| 9 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So I just see myself passing through and meeting all these people along the way , like , and I have a good time . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said , ‘ and I have the best ones in town . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 13 | To my mind the acquiring and delivering of the wrappers was certainly part of the consideration in these cases , and I see no good reason for drawing a distinction between these and other cases . |
| 14 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 15 | Yes , well there is another man and she 's told Paul frankly she 's lapping up the attention , he 's taking her out for meals and their having a good time together you know , why its great , but as soon as he 's paid for , for the goods and got , got the goods , the chaps going to go off looking for another . |
| 16 | It seems to represent a programme which is extremely good value for the taxpayer and which offers the best prospects of much better services for the user . |
| 17 | ‘ So I gathered , ’ I said dryly , ‘ and would you also ask which horses are running at Winnipeg and which at Vancouver , and which in Bill 's opinion is the really best horse on the train , not necessarily on form , and which has the best chance of winning either race . ’ |
| 18 | And you had a good holiday did you ? |
| 19 | And you had a good ride over the weekend as well at Bellevue ? |
| 20 | And if you were lucky , and you got a good farmer , he 'd let you take one o what we call roasters , home . |
| 21 | ‘ Merymose was not a fool ; and you made a good impression when we first met . |
| 22 | There are no fees , and you collect a good rate of interest on the balance ; but you ca n't raise an overdraft . |
| 23 | Keep your exercises plain and simple , and you have a better chance of enjoying them , rather than looking on them as a burden . |
| 24 | ‘ And you have a good nephew , Yussuf . |
| 25 | There should not be too much uprooting , and you have a good chance of breeding as long as you do not overcrowd . |
| 26 | Multiply me several times and you have a good idea of the sort of coverage this author of PN 's Trivial Pursuits column and Harvey Porlock of the Sunday Times will get . |
| 27 | ‘ Your Myra sounds very capable ; she said you were ahead with your designing and you have a good stock . |
| 28 | And you have a good right to be … because … ’ |
| 29 | Sit it beside Donald Bennet and Bill Wallace 's Ski Mountaineering in Scotland guide and you have a good guide for every ski touring eventuality . |
| 30 | If you can clearly state what your objective is what you 're trying to persuade the audience to then everything you say supports that and you stand a better chance of being persuasive . |