Example sentences of "[be] make a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jordan said , ‘ To tell you the truth , I do n't think we 're making a good job of it . ’ |
| 2 | Sir Geraint was thought to be making a good recovery in hospital after suffering a minor heart attack at his home near Aberystwyth . |
| 3 | His brother Dmitrii had been making a good case for emancipation at the War Ministry , but his own importance , in the long run , was to be greater . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , yes , I must admit , ’ replies management , ‘ that I am making a good thing out of this , the best break we have had for years — you see , my methods of production are so cheap and efficient . ’ |
| 5 | I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’ |
| 6 | Being disenchanted with life , they may resent those who are contentedly coping with things as best they can and are making a good job of it . |
| 7 | ‘ When you both feel light-hearted enough to enjoy your baby , you are making a good start ’ says Infant Care on its second page , and Spock uses the same injunction , ‘ Enjoy Your Baby ’ , as a subheading in his chapter ‘ The Right Start ’ . |
| 8 | I guess everyone said it is 95 per cent curable ; the treatment is good ; you are making a good recovery . |
| 9 | Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money . |
| 10 | You were making a good point there . |
| 11 | ‘ Thoo 's made a good choice there , Aah thinks , ’ he said grudgingly , as he and George walked across Crown Square . |
| 12 | He 's made a good start , now comes the big push . |
| 13 | He 's made a good marriage . |
| 14 | She wrote , with an unaccustomed fluency , which made her sister wonder if the words had been thought up by her alone , that : — it would not be good for Oreste to leave here at this moment since he has been ill and though he is making a good recovery the doctor who you can be sure I was quick to call and no expense being spared but your money put to good use has said it would injure his general well-being to travel in his weakened state . |
| 15 | We are glad to hear our brother Ian Smith is making a good recovery from his recent illness ! ! |
| 16 | Eighteen months later , Thomas is making a good recovery , though he can not be diagnosed as being clear of leukaemia for another three years . |
| 17 | Nobody inside or outside the administration is making a good job of selling the tax . |
| 18 | The centre-half is making a good recovery from a knee injury and could be back in contention for a place in Monday 's derby with Middlesbrough . |
| 19 | That chap 's making a good job across the way you know . |
| 20 | Their function now is to make a good job of delivering the railway services that the PTEs and sectors want to buy from them . |