Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for good " in BNC.
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| 1 | And through them all does there not run a consistency of effort to strengthen the ties of monastic life , to bring back those in error , to wait patiently for better times , while occupying his time with theological work , with preaching and counselling the erring , for whom he displays an affectionate concern — even for the king . |
| 2 | And it is the exciting part of my job is to make these links work , start to build on them , and over our links in the city on the environmental and group with Tony Benn , that 's that 's doing a very good job , he is a platform for this , for each other , but I think there 's a lot more we can do locally erm within the city to build those links , and to work together for better answers for the city , and I hope that , on a practical level , one of the things that interested me was your grants team for local organisations , and I would like to think myself here today , we might look at the health authority , and try to join with them to make some erm practical contribution , particularly to those many carers , and groups of people who have problems , and we 're not all just professionals best able to put over during our normal nine-to-five or eight-to-eight days , we we can . |
| 3 | The 1980s ended with the tabloids ' confidence waning , and with the Sun 's nudes moving to page five , perhaps to slip away for good . |
| 4 | IT WAS THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND ANTHONY HAD COME HOME FOR good , or rather until he found a job . |
| 5 | Now her parents had come home for good , and had taken a beautiful house in Buckinghamshire , where Mrs Grant meant to entertain on a large scale . |
| 6 | In most industrial countries these were recruited from marginal and footloose men , ready to work hard for good pay in bad conditions and to drink or gamble away their pay equally hard , with little thought for the future . |
| 7 | Similarly , organisations of adults with disabilities , such as the British Council of Organisations for Disabled People , are pressing hard for better quality , integrated education , given their own personal experiences of segregated provision . |
| 8 | To have surrendered all power over the issue of her coinage is significant enough , for reasons already argued ; to have done so for good must constitute the act of transfer of sovereignty by the British Parliament to another power . |
| 9 | Thus Fairbank developed the interest and skill which led the first Baron Bridges [ q.v. ] to write of him when seventy ‘ No man of our time has done more for good handwriting , whether for the individual or the community , than Alfred Fairbank . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ One thing I learnt in England : public opinion , the sum of private opinions , does matter , can matter often for good . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A great part of the Bible is to show us that all creatures are in God 's hand , and that He will either make our afflictions work together for good , or remove them . |
| 12 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
| 13 | Tomorrow I 'm going upstairs for good . |
| 14 | It is likely that the child will be unaccustomed to being rewarded consistently for good behaviour ( the CB in this case ) . |
| 15 | Clearly all things worked together for good in this family where friction was as rare as in a well-oiled machine . |
| 16 | A father 's influence which has been revealed as destructive and all but disastrous is thought to have remained dominant — as was only natural — until the women broke away for good . |
| 17 | ‘ Then she 'll go home for good . ’ |
| 18 | The princess , who heads the fund-raising Princess Royal Trust for Carers , said the medical profession and other agencies must realise the old family structures , which for centuries saw people looking after relatives without outside assistance , were gone probably for good . |
| 19 | We 're going to live here for good , Shelley . |
| 20 | Ruth heartily wished that he could stay there for good . |
| 21 | Unless the likes of Jack Scamp are put away for good , law and order will never have any credibility . |
| 22 | He wrapped the body in a pair of curtains , then phoned his parents to say Dean had left home for good , Birmingham Crown Court was told . |
| 23 | I was fifteen when I actually left home for good . |
| 24 | This has happened partly for good political reasons because there was need to demand a more equal society . |
| 25 | She argued passionately for better housing , education , and welfare services for the poor , and was a particularly strong advocate of the National Health Service , making herself an expert on mental health . |
| 26 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 27 | The course theme will be ‘ All things come together for good ’ , and the week will include classes on movement , creative drama , acting , mask and improvisation . |
| 28 | We sat around the table , searching frantically for explanations and hoping unavailingly for good news . |
| 29 | But when it came to it , when she had to make the decision about leaving home for good , throwing herself into the wide world and trying her luck , she felt unhappy . |
| 30 | Back from injury , Selby skipper Ray Adamson kicked well for good positions downfield and he also succeeded with three penalties and converted one of scrum half Dave Bramley 's two tries . |