Example sentences of "[noun prp] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will give the Cheshires a good deal more protection and pack a much more powerful punch should they be attacked again . |
| 2 | Di , was Madge a good dancer ? |
| 3 | I 'm afraid Brian Deane was a bit of a liability , he really did nothing all game in the opposition box , apart from straying offside to deny Wetherall a good goal . |
| 4 | As for centre backs I 've no idea — ideally I 'd like to see him give half wit and Weatherall a good go along with Tinkler , Forrester and Sharp as I really ca n't see us winning the league after Saturdays shite performance . |
| 5 | ‘ Ave a good supper , did yer ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But three points against Swansea would give us seven for the week and make the draw at Rotherham a better result . |
| 7 | Is Dambusters a good film ? |
| 8 | Well she 's made David a good wife actually |
| 9 | ‘ The event gave the TEC a good opportunity to discover the needs of this vital Hampshire industry , which is so important to the country 's prosperity . |
| 10 | Give Sinbad a better break is the answer he 's one of the most endearing soap characters on the box , yet now he 's fast turning into a busybody . |
| 11 | From the Iron Age ( at least ) to the present day , people have found Kilham a good place to settle . |
| 12 | I notice from the old schedules that you programmed Vaughan Williams 's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis a good deal at that time . |
| 13 | Why is the system of farming on the lowlands of Scotland a good example of intensive mixed commercial farming ? |
| 14 | But if schizophrenia made Van Gogh a better painter so the spectrum of writing in the Bible makes it a more reliable testament of the religious life of man . |
| 15 | And France owed the Shah a good deal . |
| 16 | The Englishmen gave Paddy a good hiding and made him so he had to stay in bed for a week . ’ |
| 17 | Samuel , picking up an unintentional slight that she considered Throgmorton a better chairman , bristled . |
| 18 | ‘ He certainly did Patrick a good turn . ’ |
| 19 | The other Scots who must be high in the current pecking order are Gary Armstrong , Kenny Milne , Scott Hastings , Damian Cronin , Doddie Weir , Tony Stanger , Paul Burnell and Craig Chalmers , with Andrew Reed a good fringe candidate . |
| 20 | The Benedictine monks of the nearby abbey of Saint-Hilaire take credit for the discovery , as early as 1531 : Dom Pérignon , who is popularly regarded as the father of champagne , was cellarmaster of the abbey of Hautvilliers a good century later . |
| 21 | Andy McDowell 's 43 gave Liverpool a good base . |
| 22 | He imagined himself driving a tearful Anne and Abigail back to Beryl , then finding Adam a good lawyer . |
| 23 | Is Oliver a good boy ? |
| 24 | Carl Prean , another former holder of the Top 12 who beat Douglas in the final of the Classic , is absent in Germany , which should give Cooke a better chance to revive his fortunes , although he does have two talented teenagers Matthew Syed and Michael O'Driscoll in his group . |
| 25 | For instance , Lord Mountbatten , who was First Sea Lord at the time , records that he found Sandys a good listener . |
| 26 | ‘ This is a move which gives Eric a better chance of first-team football than he would have at Leeds . |
| 27 | His philosophy of management may be summed up as ‘ Pick a good team and let them get on with it ’ , and his attitude to marketing as ‘ Good wine needs no bush ’ . |
| 28 | It forced many Japanese to recognize the need for reform and a strong national government which might achieve for Japan a better deal in external relations . |
| 29 | As students , Philip and Victoria had lived in America and travelled around Europe a good deal . |
| 30 | Power brought Major a good deal of support , but , in defeat , he has no base in the party to fall back on . |