Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean a good film . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | I lack a good many things , but money ai n't one of 'em . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I make a good target . |
| 6 | But er we eventually beat it though and as I say a good colliery you could er you could beat 'em to it . |
| 7 | Secondly , I want a good ¾ length roof rack for my vehicle but can only locate rather basic utilitarian models . |
| 8 | ‘ I want a good suit . |
| 9 | I would n't train full-time ; I thought : ‘ No , I want a good job . ’ |
| 10 | I want a good marriage . |
| 11 | ROS : I want a good story , with a beginning , middle and end . |
| 12 | ‘ I want a good goalkeeper , a centre-back , midfielder and striker . |
| 13 | When my time comes , I want a good show |
| 14 | yeah , right okay then , we shall go , I hope the weather keeps up because I want a good week next week , we 're gon na work out where we 're gon na go for a couple of days are n't we ? |
| 15 | I go , I want a good reference . |
| 16 | I want a good card here . |
| 17 | I put a good bit on there and soaked it let it soak in . |
| 18 | My son was having trouble selling his car until he put a newly-worded advert in the local paper : ‘ … extortionately priced at £1,100 but I relish a good argument ! ’ |
| 19 | Equally , I suspect a good few were left with an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomachs . |
| 20 | Sir , I , and I suspect a good number of other readers , was surprised to read some of the comments in your feature on page one of the issue dated 20 September relating to the GCR Gala Weekend of 14/15 September . |
| 21 | ‘ I suspect a good deal , but by the time I 've tracked Garry down you 'll be an open book . |
| 22 | With respect to the embalming [ of ] Bodies , the methods that were commonly practised could , I know , have no effect ; at that time I read a good many Books upon ‘ Balsamation ’ but got very little instruction from reading these : according to my own Idea the best way would be to preserve the Body for some time that putrefaction should hardly be able to take place , & that it should gradually get rid of its moisture , & that , when it dried , it should have such imbalming juices in it , that it should resist putrefaction , & the insects at the same time be either kept off or destroyed : I set out with this Opinion & thought that something must be thrown thro' the whole Body : the when the Body was preserved , my Idea of getting rid of moisture was , to place the Body in some strong absorbent substance , & that substance which proved best I thought was Paris Plaister & I thought I could lay in a common Coffin such a quantity of Paris Plaister as would take out all the moisture & then I thought the Body should be rather in a wooden case than a leaden one because the Wood would assist the Absorption . |
| 23 | I I I know a good doctor |
| 24 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I know a good tavern , is that enough ? ’ |
| 25 | I know a good wee hotel in Galway . ’ |
| 26 | " A good builder will be perfectly adequate , " Sara said , " and I know a good one in the town . |
| 27 | I like a good hard shaft … |
| 28 | ‘ It may be age , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm rather drawn to adversity and I like a good wash-out ; but nothing happens here except a steady loss of money . |
| 29 | Clive , 28 , from Middlesbrough , Cleveland , said : ‘ I like a good sing-song when I 'm having a bath , but I do get a bit loud and the neighbours ca n't hear the telly . |
| 30 | I like a good thriller myself but I never have time to read them . ’ |