Example sentences of "[prep] good [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | An example will serve to illustrate this point : Leigh Hunt was a vegetarian , and praised ‘ in glowing words the cauliflower swimming in melted butter ’ ; Wordsworth wryly asked whether ‘ if by chance of good luck they ever met with a caterpillar , they thanked their stars for a delicious morsel of animal food ’ . |
2 | Since bats are considered by the Chinese to be symbols of good luck they are one creature that is likely to remain safe when the British hand over Hong Kong . |
3 | When you 've hundreds of good stuff you feel good , do n't you ? |
4 | The class was not giving the kind of demonstration of good behaviour she would have liked . |
5 | It is as if from their own experience of good parenting they know inside themselves what parenting is about . |
6 | For instance to this is an assumption that although we are going to have a shortfall on the collection fund , again because of good housekeeping we believe that this action is what people want by the charge payers of the city and again that in this financial year it can be taken out of the . |
7 | And I 'd walk around the empty house , or ring Mum for a chat ; sometimes I 'd lie on the floor in Charlie 's attic and wonder what he was doing and what kind of good time he was having . |
8 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
9 | 5 Look at the list of good advice you made . |
10 | but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday |
11 | Tom did very well at the Guildhall where nobody told him he should stop singing , a piece of good news he passed on triumphantly to his grandmother . |
12 | However , through the application of good engineering we have minimized the potentially high cost increases . |
13 | It 's worth pointing out that the spell of good weather we enjoyed in the early summer ended with his return to South Africa . |
14 | This may sound like good news it you 're overweight , but please consult your doctor before taking cannabis as a part of a calorie controlled diet . |
15 | With remission for good conduct he could be out now . ’ |
16 | But for good measure we added extra benefits to ensure that the policy is right for the risks that householders face today . |
17 | For good measure we have some advice on the selection of analogue to digital converter ( ADC ) chips and a listing of popular logic gates by their function . |
18 | Benjamin died there in Gower Street on 10 October 1879 , death from cancer and exhaustion being certified as the cause by J. M. Briggs , M.R.C.S. Consistently inconsistent to the end , he is given as a ‘ Silversmith ’ on the will , but as a ‘ Writing Clerk ’ on the death certificate ; just for good measure we are also given a final address for him to add to our collection : 355 Edgware Road . |
19 | Mrs Kathleen Hayward , local chairman of Relate , said : ‘ For good measure we filled a goodie bag with a history of the town and some brochures about the Grand Theatre . |
20 | For good measure he pitched to under a yard on the 17th for his seventh birdie and the lowest round of his five-year tour career . |
21 | For good measure she added : ‘ I would n't marry a man I did n't love , whether it was a dustman or the King of England . |
22 | ( Of course , if the power is evil it is quite likely to be wielded by a female and just for good measure she is likely to be ugly . ) |
23 | For good cooperation it is essential that the engineer has some grasp of ergonomics and that the ergonomist understands at least in general terms the technical situation in the particular industry . |
24 | Broomhead 's artfulness was working like a treat , and for good effect he rubbed his leg . |
25 | With good fortune it will continue throughout life , in the classroom under the influence of a caring teacher and as an element of mature friendships . |
26 | The others with good fortune I might find elsewhere — in Russia perhaps . |
27 | A century ago it was said that the Danish Red ( then one of only two Danish breeds considered worthy of note , the other being the Jutland ) needed abundant fodder but with good care it could be an efficient producer : the milking cow put it all into the bag but would fatten readily when dry or barren . |
28 | With good advice I am sure you can use your communication skills to get the message across in an influential and entertaining way |
29 | If there are boards that seem in good shape they could be stripped , sanded and polished . |
30 | ‘ the transfer on its face was a perfectly regular sale and as against third parties taking a legal estate for value and in good faith it was within the ostensible authority of Mrs. Steed and can not now be repudiated against such third parties . |