Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian .
2 They want them to obtain a good position and be independent , preferably in the city .
3 To them mathematics will be relevant if it helps their children gain a qualification which , in turn , will enable them to obtain a good job .
4 We have SO MANY GREAT PRIZES to give away , everyone stands a good chance of winning something !
5 ‘ Anyone who can beat me has a good chance of knocking out Holyfield , ’ he said .
6 I became a good golfer , a one-handicapper , at the municipal course in Southport .
7 The following year he beat both Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in a 4–1 victory over Spain at Telford and said : ‘ I made a good start in the Cup so the first few matches will always stick in my mind . ’
8 Lambert spent two days on trial with French giants Monaco this week and said : ‘ I think I made a good impression but I 'm quite happy to stay with Reading . ’
9 Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels .
10 By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes .
11 So I er when I said it to him , on top I made a good job I says .
12 I mean a good film .
13 For example , I had the privilege of visiting Australia last week , when I met a good friend of the hon. Member for Newham , North-East .
14 I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’
15 I make a good target .
16 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 .
17 I got a good look at it though while Murchison had it in his hands and then when it was lying there in the water just looking up at us all .
18 That disgusting hood you were wearing slipped , and I got a good look at the back of your head .
19 I got a good look at her , and the can .
20 This meant Sorley had to lean further out of the van to grab it and as the door opened wider I got a good look inside .
21 My father had gone bankrupt , and my mother was nearly penniless , but as a relative of Robert Barclay , I got a good bursary .
22 I said I got a good joke for you here , started to laugh and he said I ai n't said it yet !
23 Lord Mount Charles tells me : ‘ For a first-timer I got a good result .
24 The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . "
25 The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting .
26 I had the opportunity to visit the north-west on Monday , where I found a good deal of buoyancy and confidence in the future of the north-west and of the country as a whole .
27 I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view .
28 But er we eventually beat it though and as I say a good colliery you could er you could beat 'em to it .
29 With this in mind I phoned a good friend who runs a detector shop and asked whether he had any decent second-hand machines for sale of the same type as my old one .
30 I go , I want a good reference .
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