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

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31 He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect .
32 We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … .
33 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 .
34 But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so .
35 That gave me a good idea actually .
36 He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well .
37 I hung the carpets out and gave them a good beating . ’
38 The folk at Fanmore gave them a good fight last week , and drove them off with five men dead , and they 've not been seen since .
39 The police at Castlereagh allocated a cell to each man and gave them a good meal .
40 I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money .
41 GHI verdict : Our testers , heavy with cold , found that the vaporiser gave them a good night 's sleep ; even their husbands/partners slept better .
42 So their own minister held a service at the station , and the agent gave them a good dinner cheering them on in Gaelic , at which they wept , and they went on to settle at Moosomin , where they lived happily ever afterwards .
43 I gave them a good show , with my writhings and moanings .
44 So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath .
45 a sociality room whatever , whatever they call it and er , and they gave them a good do really
46 The local policeman took it in hand , and nobody grumbled , if he gave them a good clout .
47 Altogether , I did them a good turn .
48 ‘ I expect she gave you a good tea , ’ said my mother .
49 So a cat entering your house and being welcomed there gave you the good luck of having the Devil on your side .
50 Doubtless he gave her a good dowry when she married another burgess , John Kempe .
51 Laura seated herself on the bed and Rex gave her a good sniff .
52 I gave him a good going-over , I can tell you .
53 In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may .
54 I do n't think there is any question about that , and I feel like we gave him a good shot at staying alive .
55 ‘ I gave him a good whacking , ’ Wally told police as he was taken away on a stretcher .
56 This , he says , gave him a good grounding .
57 This , he says , gave him a good overview , knowledge of accounts as well as auditing , and a chance to get to know the management teams .
58 It gave him a good feeling , it was satisfying , just to think as he walked up the stairs , those floors are mine , this carved wood , these moulded ceilings .
59 After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger .
60 They gave him a good room , and ‘ here therefore we settled , ’ he said , ‘ and did not spoil the present hour with thoughts of departure . ’
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