Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes . |
| 2 | On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian . |
| 3 | To them mathematics will be relevant if it helps their children gain a qualification which , in turn , will enable them to obtain a good job . |
| 4 | They want them to obtain a good position and be independent , preferably in the city . |
| 5 | We have SO MANY GREAT PRIZES to give away , everyone stands a good chance of winning something ! |
| 6 | The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said . |
| 8 | However , nothing has a better chance in the Rous Conditions Stakes than Solar Wagon . |
| 9 | I became a good golfer , a one-handicapper , at the municipal course in Southport . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Lambert spent two days on trial with French giants Monaco this week and said : ‘ I think I made a good impression but I 'm quite happy to stay with Reading . ’ |
| 12 | The following year he beat both Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in a 4–1 victory over Spain at Telford and said : ‘ I made a good start in the Cup so the first few matches will always stick in my mind . ’ |
| 13 | It was a fair price to pay , Richard I made a good and trusted friend that day . |
| 14 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 15 | So I er when I said it to him , on top I made a good job I says . |
| 16 | I mean a good film . |
| 17 | The first fella was ver no there 's , there 's some women on the course w er we will see who are actually presenting the course , I mean a good fifty percent of the course is |
| 18 | I lack a good many things , but money ai n't one of 'em . |
| 19 | For example , I had the privilege of visiting Australia last week , when I met a good friend of the hon. Member for Newham , North-East . |
| 20 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I make a good target . |
| 22 | Well that I I us I got a better rate of exchange out in S A than I did here . |
| 23 | I got a good look at it though while Murchison had it in his hands and then when it was lying there in the water just looking up at us all . |
| 24 | Lord Mount Charles tells me : ‘ For a first-timer I got a good result . |
| 25 | 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 . " |
| 26 | And he took me home , er he gave me a good talking to , and tell me dad , cos me , I nearly , I got a good hiding , was going to get a good hiding from me dad , until this policeman says , do n't worry , he says er , you wo n't hear anything about it . |
| 27 | That disgusting hood you were wearing slipped , and I got a good look at the back of your head . |
| 28 | I got a good look at her , and the can . |
| 29 | This meant Sorley had to lean further out of the van to grab it and as the door opened wider I got a good look inside . |
| 30 | My father had gone bankrupt , and my mother was nearly penniless , but as a relative of Robert Barclay , I got a good bursary . |