Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also encourages the community to anticipate such changes and so achieves a good part of the benefit of change without the waste of litigation , or the expensive , uncertain , and awkward process of legislation . |
| 2 | Kendal , to the east of Windermere , is just outside the Lake District National Park and so makes a good base to visit the rest of the region . |
| 3 | She preached about the passover , a subject they had been studying at Bible camp , and obviously made a good impression . |
| 4 | It 's one of the busiest nightspots in the Mediterranean and the streets are simply crowded from dusk onwards with young people going about the serious business of enjoying themselves , socialising , trying the local brew , ‘ discovating ’ and generally having a good time until the early hours of the morning ! |
| 5 | Come dusk the place starts to come alive and the narrow streets behind the harbour , with it 's vast array of magnificent wood-built sailing cruisers , turn into a huge open air jamboree with everybody jostling , shopping , eating , drinking and generally having a good time . |
| 6 | They were talking and laughing and generally having a good time . |
| 7 | An anorexic may tell her friends or parents , ‘ I 'd like to be slim ’ , and , if pressed for a reason , may reply along the lines of , ‘ So that I can wear nice clothes , date good-looking boys , and generally have a good time . ’ |
| 8 | Students in the USA had to go out on placement to firms for training , and thus had a good grounding in practical embalming . |
| 9 | This allows the lining of the uterus to be cleared out properly , and thus provide a good implantation site for the new fetus to settle on . |
| 10 | She had arrived in Paris in 1912 and soon became a good friend of Soutine and a familiar Montparnasse character . |
| 11 | a nice lump you can draw for a holiday and plus have a good living between . |
| 12 | They appear well in advance of publication , and usually contain a good deal of information about individual titles — though here again the information is put together by the producers , who are naturally keen to sell their product . |
| 13 | These are based largely on existing historical studies and usually offer a good overview of a period or topic . |
| 14 | ‘ The Easter Egg Appeal is a traditional part of our community affairs calendar and always attracts a good response from individuals and companies , ’ said Matthew Jackson , of Community Action . |
| 15 | ‘ Rock ’ climbing has already overtaken shopping as the number one leisure pursuit in most parts of the developed world — and still has a good way to go before it peaks . |
| 16 | He worked with reasonable diligence , getting to Wilden by eight o'clock most mornings , and also travelling a good deal — to South Wales , to Birmingham , to London and even on one occasion to the United States — on the firm 's affairs . |
| 17 | In nineteenth-century Queensland it was claimed that Devons produced as much beef per acre as Herefords or Shorthorns and also produced a good proportion of lean meat to fat when crossed with the Shorthorn . |
| 18 | Young children will often , for instance , feel a sense of responsibility for adverse events in which they in fact had no role at all , and hence experience a good deal of anxiety . |
| 19 | Their presentation was appalling , their attitude was n't much better , and the presentation from the other companies was superb , one in particular , erm , came and really gave a good presentation . |
| 20 | Surfers are said to be as exclusive in their manners as the upper classes they have replaced , talking only among themselves and inevitably spending a good deal of their time incommunicado offshore . |
| 21 | Apply it to one surface then press together quickly and accurately to make a good contact . |
| 22 | All of these felt able to argue that the Serbs had already achieved most of their war aims , and now had a good chance of hanging on to them . |
| 23 | She knew she would have to tell him one day , and now seemed a good time . |
| 24 | After that I had a fear of water , especially the sea , but I learned to live with it and even became a good swimmer . |
| 25 | We found a crew for the ship at the port , and then had a good voyage home . |
| 26 | She did n't respond to allopathic painkillers , developed vomiting and diarrhoea and then had a good response to Arsenicum Album LM4 but having recovered from the acute was experiencing some return of anxiety symptoms . |
| 27 | Take a look at a photo of an Indian Glassfish in a reference book and then have a good look at the fish in your local shop . |
| 28 | ‘ It is rather like copying the squirrel who collects nuts all through the summer when he can and then has a good store for the lean winter months . ’ |
| 29 | Someone may be very unintelligent and yet have a good sense of hope or trust or love whereas someone else who is highly intelligent may yet have a relatively poor facility in these senses . |
| 30 | But then the same would be true if you stayed in and watched Thelma & Louise instead and actually had a good time , would n't it ? |