Example sentences of "[vb past] made good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’ |
| 2 | A UN team visited Kuwait in March and reported that although a deliberate attempt had been made to " extinguish Kuwait " , the country had made good progress in dealing with immediate humanitarian needs [ see p. 38082 for mission to Iraq ] . |
| 3 | He had made good use of the last few days . |
| 4 | Going further back again , local authorities had made good use , on a comparative basis , of national reading surveys . |
| 5 | He had reason to believe , he said , that the Normans in Herefordshire had made good use of the Roman building-materials ready to hand , and there was no reason why others should not do the same . |
| 6 | A small jeweller in Switzerland , who for years had made good profits by flagrantly copying de Chavigny designs , using inferior stones , low-carat metals and cheap workmanship , and then passing them off as de Chavigny originals through an impenetrable network of shady dealers and retailers , found its bank was suddenly very glad to extend credit for new workshops and an expansion programme . |
| 7 | They had made good time . |
| 8 | We had made good time and had to ease speed to avoid closing the island in darkness . |
| 9 | After Cromwell , new squires , successful tradesmen , farmers and impoverished Cavaliers who had made good marriages then began to build new houses . |