Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [be] a good " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm also a big fan of the three guitarists mentioned above , and have given you what I think is a good Nuno Bettencourt sound on my processor … |
2 | I think a lot of schools do still teach the t the children their tables which I think is a good thing . |
3 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
4 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
5 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
6 | I hope I 've been a good father to you . |
7 | ‘ But I 've been a good girl so I get to eat Mr Chef 's meal instead of lumpy mashed potato . ’ |
8 | ‘ All my life I 've been a good mixer … ’ |
9 | Holy Mary , she thought , all these years I 've been a good girl — ca n't you do something ? |
10 | I have been a good advocate in my time . |
11 | Even when you get what you think is a good answer make sure it is substantiated . |
12 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
13 | He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’ |
14 | You 've been a good lodger and paid regular , and I 'm sorry about it ; but there it is , Mr Arkwright . |
15 | You 've been a good wife , Elaine . ’ |
16 | ‘ You 've been a good son to me , ’ the old man said . |
17 | You can have a biscuit if you 've been a good boy . |
18 | You 've been a good boy ! |
19 | You going to tell daddy you 've been a good boy today ? |
20 | You have been a good friend to me when there was no one else ; and you have given me back my health . |
21 | ‘ ' Shortly after he looked me full in the face and said , ‘ You have been a good father to me and I am persuaded we shall meet again in heaven |
22 | Few fields are perfect and all you need is a good sized field with a level or uphill gradient and a good surface . |
23 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
24 | ‘ You talk about getting a job — but what you need is a good long rest . |
25 | What you need is a good stiff drink inside you , to warm you up . ’ |
26 | " I expect what you need is a good curetting . " |
27 | Right so all you need is a good saw and a ha , ten Irish navvies . |
28 | What we want is a good mix of prisoners who come here wanting to take advantage of what we offer . |
29 | He says pub grub would conflict with this approach and that all we need is a good line in savouries . |
30 | What we need is a good employment practice , not shifting of a goal post at every turn . |