Example sentences of "[noun] made [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | You had to admit , though , that that kind made a good clothes prop . |
| 2 | Of course , a well-trained Labrador made a good retriever . |
| 3 | His brother William made a good deputy in most respects and could deal with much of the day-to-day management of the properties ; but he was very much a stay-at-home character , immersed in his books and studies , and the more distant affairs tended to get neglected . |
| 4 | His dark hair and eyes made a good foil for Breeze , whose skin was very fair , and whose short brown curls gleamed like raw silk in the strong morning sunshine . |
| 5 | The lawyer made a good reply . |
| 6 | No ; it was the romance of the whole thing that was getting to her ; after all , it was n't every day you were whisked away on a white charger … well , a modern car made a good substitute . |
| 7 | By contrast , the bird mentioned in ( 19 ) must be one selected from a group present to the mind of the speaker in the situation of utterance ; this adjective can not be non-restrictive : ( 19 ) the largest parrot made a good supper for the expedition that evening The extraction set in this case might be the parrots we had shot that day . |
| 8 | On fifty minutes , Andy Leach made a good saving tackle on the edge of the six yard box as Hugh Mann prepared to unleash a shot , and Dave Warner parried Graham Daniels follow up wide . |
| 9 | Confronted with India 's massive 560 , England made a good start reaching 157 for one . |
| 10 | The majority opted for the visit and in my opinion made a good choice . |
| 11 | McGreevy saved well from McIlroy as Swifts pressed for an equaliser and on the stroke of half-time Patterson made a good save from McDonagh . |
| 12 | Fowler and Andy Lloyd made a good start , Gower chipped in well , and the rest of the batsmen did enough to see England home by three wickets . |
| 13 | West Indies made a good start and with 132 for 3 at lunch looked ready to blossom . |
| 14 | Australia made a good start and we were a bit behind the eighth ball after |
| 15 | But they were solid , and led safely up to the ruined top of the wall where another , larger slab made a good view point . |
| 16 | The story goes that ealy in the last century the then owner , a reverend David Edwards made a good marriage to a rich but stout lady , Miss Purnell . |
| 17 | Randall and Brearley made a good start , Gower and Willey pressed on well , and at the end of fifty overs they were on 211 . |
| 18 | The Government made a good move in calling in Price Waterhouse , because clearly there was concern among residential care home owners about their funding through the income support mechanism . |
| 19 | Anne made a good recovery from her illness and three weeks later was back in circulation . |
| 20 | Mr Hunt made a good effort to attract business to the state , but his political reforms floundered . |
| 21 | We ahd a couple of chances — Wallace made a good run but his finishing ( always a bit suspect ) let him down . |
| 22 | Fred Barber made a good save from Robbie Mustoe when Ripley crossed into the middle . |
| 23 | He needed to have two goes at it and in the end made a good five . |
| 24 | As you all know our fund-raising project last years was the 200 Club and those of you who joined the club will be pleased to know that the venture made a good profit . |
| 25 | After the nationalization of the coffee industry in 1979 , the company made a good deal with INCAFE , the state marketing board . |
| 26 | Leeds made a good start in defence of their men 's title when Stephen Akers won the 1500m freestyle in 15min 37.77sec . |
| 27 | He and Ollie and Mac made a good team , playing at various Underground stations all that autumn and winter until Mac left because he had found a place to live up north and they took Peter on . |
| 28 | Michael made a good recovery , and was well enough to enjoy the international conference given at the time of his retirement . |