Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey . |
| 2 | Needless to say a great deal of cheating occurred — the biggest boy 's interpretation of the rules having to be accepted unless you were brave enough to risk a good hiding . |
| 3 | Take the crack through these then traverse delicately leftwards to reach a good ledge . |
| 4 | She laid down her rake and ran in to administer a good belt of a stick to whoever might be making little of her darling . |
| 5 | But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job . |
| 6 | And this is unlikely to change — after all if the sales person knew enough to do a good job of giving advice they could easily start a new career as a consultant ! |
| 7 | Well , enough to have a good time in the back row at the pictures anyway , ’ and she had certainly not elaborated . |
| 8 | When beating the sideways force of the wind is at a maximum and so we need the daggerboard right down to get a good grip on the water and stop the boat drifting sideways . |
| 9 | It 's good for a direct amp-type sound ; I ca n't crank an amplifier up here that loud , so to get a good sound I might as well put it straight into the desk . ’ |
| 10 | The Rhine passes through Stein-am-Rhein , crossed by an elegant arched bridge , and you could almost imagine it slowing down to take a good look at this delectable little town . |
| 11 | Sometimes Soutine , who was living in the village , came over to enjoy a good chicken dinner , and after eating their fill the two artists reproached their host for living in such luxury . |
| 12 | Whether they value their police service enough or not and whether it needs more money or not to do a good job or whether the authorities should take a look at how it is being run . |
| 13 | I think he was brought in just to do a good production job . ’ |
| 14 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 15 | For years it was believed that the ‘ fanatic ’ Toscanini conducted everything very fast , though it is an attested fact that his Bayreuth Parsifal was the slowest in the theatre 's history and that his famous Falstaff , not to mention a good deal of his Mozart and Brahms , was unusually broad in its pacing . |
| 16 | Tim leaned over to have a good look at him , but his foot slipped and he fell in . |
| 17 | Everybody tries desperately to have a good time , but it never really happens . |
| 18 | how we were back to our best and they were extremely lucky not to get a good hiding . |
| 19 | Well er we , we 've taken a , a , a policy view over the years because the group has a number of er very attractive er products and , and , and , and shareholders have frequently asked if was possible erm , to have concessions in all sorts of areas and the view we 've taken is that it involves a , a , a , a , a great deal of administration and that our real job is to er increase the profits of the business er , a as well as we can and then to pay dividends to the shareholders erm who will er , er , then use that money er , hopefully to buy a good number of our products . |
| 20 | It is not simply a question of becoming nicer or trying harder to live a good life . |
| 21 | Does n't matter , you have to get to bed early to get a good sleep . |
| 22 | A word of warning , if you are planning a trip to Hackwood , arrive early to get a good view . |
| 23 | The doctor was telling her that he was off to have a good time where Lydia lived , imagining that this would induce envy in her . |
| 24 | You have to work harder to get a good news hook , but it , but it , it still exists and people still are interested , provided it 's a hook . |
| 25 | The visiting party , who were the first and last ever to get a good look at the crater of Perboewetan , found it to be about 1,000 metres in diameter and about fifty metres deep , with a small pit , also about fifty metres deep , in the centre of the crater floor ; it was from this pit that the steam cloud was escaping with a great roar . |
| 26 | We went on to do a good matinée performance and came off to thunderous applause and whistles of appreciation . |
| 27 | Evidence for political affairs comes in a variety of genres : some apparently unlikely sources — theological treatises , for instance , or accounts of the translations ( that is , the carryings to new locations ) of saints ' relics , and collections of miracle-stories — turn out to hold a good deal of information about ( and reactions to ) war and politics . |
| 28 | But Colin bounced back to score a good victory in the under-16 final against Adam Bond ( Skelmersdale Park ) . |
| 29 | The agents insist , naturally , that they are out to get a good price . |
| 30 | They are out to have a good time . |