Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [art] good " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I became a good golfer , a one-handicapper , at the municipal course in Southport .
3 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 .
4 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 . ’
5 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 . ’
6 It was a fair price to pay , Richard I made a good and trusted friend that day .
7 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 .
8 So I er when I said it to him , on top I made a good job I says .
9 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 .
10 Well that I I us I got a better rate of exchange out in S A than I did here .
11 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 .
12 Lord Mount Charles tells me : ‘ For a first-timer I got a good result .
13 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 . "
14 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 .
15 That disgusting hood you were wearing slipped , and I got a good look at the back of your head .
16 I got a good look at her , and the can .
17 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 .
18 My father had gone bankrupt , and my mother was nearly penniless , but as a relative of Robert Barclay , I got a good bursary .
19 I said I got a good joke for you here , started to laugh and he said I ai n't said it yet !
20 But I got a good one !
21 I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage .
22 I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view .
23 The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting .
24 I had the opportunity to visit the north-west on Monday , where I found a good deal of buoyancy and confidence in the future of the north-west and of the country as a whole .
25 I found a better man than Dudley , James .
26 I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way .
27 On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity .
28 He had an old brew house there and on the side of the sink there I built a good staunch bench about like that square , put a vice on it you know .
29 With this in mind I phoned a good friend who runs a detector shop and asked whether he had any decent second-hand machines for sale of the same type as my old one .
30 They realised I told a better story when I was composed .
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