Example sentences of "[is] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that . |
| 2 | I think he s a good defender who was unfortunate last year to take so much stick . |
| 3 | I think that 's a good stop gap |
| 4 | Or more likely it 's a good excuse for a party abroad . ’ |
| 5 | No-one 's too old to learn , and it 's a good excuse to see my friends and exchange a bit of gossip . ’ |
| 6 | oh yes that 's a good excuse is it alright ? |
| 7 | Oh , that 's a good excuse . |
| 8 | Is it , it tells you though what , what interests is erm I , I love the virtue of this period so , yeah , it 's a good excuse for me to sort of |
| 9 | All that stuff on our first two records I think is really cool and in some ways I prefer it to what we 're doing now , and I knew that once we took any of those songs and put them in an electric context people would go , ‘ Duh , it 's a good song ! ’ . |
| 10 | It 's a good artist 's sketch of a building , ’ he said , but warned that giving more money to Congress was like giving an alcoholic a liquor store . |
| 11 | That 's a good try ! |
| 12 | It 's a good try . |
| 13 | But it 's a good try . |
| 14 | It 's a good try . |
| 15 | It 's a good try in n it ? |
| 16 | He 's a good all-rounder and when he 's finished the tunnel he 'd be pleased to join the Bolshoi ballet as a roustabout . |
| 17 | She 's a good all-rounder and she 's good ! |
| 18 | There 's a good hop on , down in Craigiebur . |
| 19 | ‘ His ma 's got six other Luthers and an Episcopalian church to support , but she 's a good lady . |
| 20 | ‘ Newcastle 's a good date , too . ’ |
| 21 | There 's a good hotel in Budapest , the Adelbrau … ’ |
| 22 | It 's er it never was away , I 'm it 's a good indicator as to when , how much pressure I can take . |
| 23 | So that means the consumer is voting with their feet and saying this is good , it 's a good service , and that is also attached to the motorway services stations , so there is indication that improvements are rapidly coming erm into being , which is good news , good news . |
| 24 | She 's a good kid … . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She 's a good kid . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's a good kid and I hope that she and Sidney 's boy make a go of it . ’ |
| 27 | Oh he 's a good kid Paul |
| 28 | And I mean she 's a good kid , she is n't a bad kid by any means but er , oh the late nights and er |
| 29 | ‘ That Charley : he 's a good photographer . ’ |
| 30 | That 's a good parallel for Vivienne and Malcolm . |