Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | starting with the right material , the A&R staff try to encourage artists to write commercially and they introduce them to good studios , engineers , producers and other musicians . ’ |
| 2 | It is evident that the expertise and contacts Grampian companies have developed through supplying the North Sea oil industry stands them in good stead to take advantage of oil related opportunities in the Middle East . |
| 3 | Watching Maureen feed very small birds who were unable to do it for themselves was to stand me in good stead later , when I began breeding barn owls . |
| 4 | I 've experienced more now , and it 's going to stand me in good stead . |
| 5 | You are good at expressing yourself , which stands you in good stead if you want to ask someone to do you a favour . |
| 6 | ‘ Ay , it 's where an ignorance of good book-keeping stands you in good stead . ’ |
| 7 | In any event , they should be able to provide you with good advice . |
| 8 | We want you for Good Money . |
| 9 | Well apparently she said stands her in good stead because |
| 10 | Van Der Meulen 's austere but charming character was to stand him in good stead with the Saudis . |
| 11 | But the lessons he learned from those formative years were to stand him in good stead later on when he was to understand what it meant to be a director from first-hand experience . |
| 12 | Edward had not yet covered himself with military glory , but he had revealed a sureness of political judgement which was to stand him in good stead in the greater military endeavours that he embarked upon in 1337 . |
| 13 | Charles V , showing that good judgement of men which was to stand him in good stead throughout his reign , chose Bertrand du Guesclin to command his forces , and du Guesclin defeated Navarre at the battle of Cocherel in May 1364 . |
| 14 | It had done him no good , but the same quality was to stand him in good stead when he turned away from international relations to the many domestic difficulties which the war had engendered or highlighted . |
| 15 | ( 12 ) He rejoiced ( His joy ) to find her in good health . |
| 16 | ‘ Just keeping him in good condition for you , darling . ’ |
| 17 | After he had been held incommunicado for a month his family were allowed to visit him and found him in good health . |
| 18 | Write your answer on a postcard and send it to Good Food Competition , TODAY Features , 1 Virginia Street , London E1 9BS , to arrive by Monday November 9 . |
| 19 | Peter founded the navy out of virtually nothing , recruiting officers and sailors in the same way as for the army , and used it to good effect against the Swedes . |
| 20 | First and foremost , Borland have taken the Windows interface and used it to good advantage . |
| 21 | He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . |
| 22 | Indeed the business was said to have made ‘ the very best of progress ’ and its move to open systems is reckoned to stand it in good stead for the future . |
| 23 | ‘ We are doing our best to replace them with good units , ’ King says . |
| 24 | The pubs had begun hiring marquees to contain their overflow and they put them to good use by putting on entertainment — a disco , a barn dance or jazz music — on the Friday and Saturday evenings . |
| 25 | I believed I put them to good use against Pakistan . |
| 26 | He 's already put them to good use at Halifax Rugby League club where he enjoyed four years of success . |
| 27 | It spat a worrisome mixture of steam and flame out periodically and covered the bottom of the pans with black ooze , a treacly goo that got itself on to my pile jacket and put me in good humour for an hour or so . |
| 28 | In fact it might just finish him for good ! ’ |
| 29 | All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the faith and correcting error , for re-setting the direction of man 's life and training him in good living . |
| 30 | With characteristic business acumen , the Swiss spas saw the renaissance of the classical water therapy on the way , beckoning all sections of society , and they have turned it to good account . |