Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for good " in BNC.

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1 You will need a detective , be it a police officer or some individual caught up for good reason in the investigation , who is capable of seeing deeply into people 's characters , of putting himself like Simenon 's Maigret into , not so much other people 's hoes , as into other people 's minds and souls .
2 ‘ She leads him a right dance , ’ the nans would say , during their daily exchange of news and analysis in the queue at the butcher 's , until finally she danced off for good and all and left him with his mother and his clapped-out BSA and his jars of Brylcreem and his collection of 78 records and a lifetime 's cumulation of unarticulated resentments .
3 ORGANISATIONS employing more than 35,000 people signed up for good health at a ceremony in South Cleveland Hospital .
4 ‘ Perhaps even die , ’ she tacked on for good measure .
5 Loulou danced twice with Flavia , once with Therese and twice with Jeannine and sat down for good after that ; Flavia danced also with Giles , with Paul and with Therese who was able to show the steps .
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