Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I patted Armstrong 's stubbly radiator and promised him a good clean-out . |
| 2 | Eventually , it was David who found him a good ship and carefully guided him through the process . |
| 3 | The old tiger himself pronounced it a good idea , even if his friends had to listen in a state of uncharacteristic sobriety . |
| 4 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 5 | The waiter brought two tall glasses and filled them a good way up with Courvoisier . |
| 6 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 7 | Despite the lack of firewood , the generally damp conditions and intermittent fever , Habta Mariam , squatting in the open beside his fire with his pots resting on stones , cooked us a good meal every evening . |
| 8 | Everyone laughed , and the captain clapped me on the back and called me a good fellow . |
| 9 | The pretence that statutes merely declared existing law was dropped ; they occupied areas of national life which before they had only occasionally entered ; they became far more precisely drafted and the judges interpreted them a good deal less freely ; they were , by the reign of Elizabeth , the outcome of a definite and recognized procedure . |
| 10 | She called it a good house , because the maid always kept things for her . |
| 11 | That made her a good decade younger than he was , but she looked it . |
| 12 | I offered her a good price but she was n't selling . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's very sharp , and it took him a good while to accustom himself to the flowers , the boards , the judge 's car , or the judge 's box and all the rest of it . |
| 14 | In short , they became friends , and as time passed Diana thought her a good match for her errant brother-in-law . |
| 15 | Perhaps it was an omen when the woman on television 's Sport In Question last week , who had joined in the rebuke of his kicking against the French , sent him a good luck telegram on Saturday . |
| 16 | ‘ I — we — thought it a good idea at the time , with the late closing and it so hard to get people off the premises — and all the cleaning up to be done afterwards … ‘ |
| 17 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
| 18 | A hundred years of county council government seems a strange reason to create a long distance path , but North Yorkshire County Council thought it a good enough excuse . |
| 19 | As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep . |
| 20 | My enterprising publishers , the same Little , Brown , thought it a good idea for me to present copies to Roman Catholic opinion makers . |
| 21 | We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it . |
| 22 | I thought it a good idea . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Because I thought it a good idea to have your home address , ’ he added , in the same tone . |
| 24 | She hesitated to call it a party , but the hostess thought it a good opporotunity to invite round like-minded friends . |
| 25 | It took us a good while to get to the location . |
| 26 | Christmas Eve brought us the good news that we had also been awarded Phase II of the East Merthyr Reclamation Scheme , known as Great White Tip . |
| 27 | Er they had a lock , made it a good lock and sent it to all the clients and this is what we can supply , and it used to meet the needs of clients and they 'd er they 'd erm buy it and it kept them in business , you see what I mean ? |
| 28 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 29 | Spun me a good story about her husband , Malcolm , and how he 'd died , and she was going to stay with a friend in Birkleigh until she found a living-in job where she could keep you . |
| 30 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |