Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [prep] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 2 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 3 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 4 | Canadian Pound told a breakfast press conference for journalists : ‘ The best of riders can not win without a good horse — you could put a dog on a horse and it would still win . ’ |
| 5 | Opening a brewery at a time when Britain 's drinkers are supping less beer than they used to might not seem like a good idea . |
| 6 | ‘ She can always think of a good plan . |
| 7 | In spite of his clothes — what difference did clothes ever make in a good strong man — he looked a finely made fellow , and we became secretly his admirers . |
| 8 | But while the company 's management would not deny an element of luck , they would also point to a good deal of contingency planning that enabled them to react faster than anyone else to ILG 's collapse . |
| 9 | Although many pubs , shopping centres , garden centres and schools have stepped into the breach , their play areas ca n't really compare with a good adventure playground in the local park . |
| 10 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 11 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 12 | You do n't even have to a good d-i-yer to erect an attractive arch or pergola in your garden . |
| 13 | If you try to press petals from a rose that is still closed , the petals nearest the centre will be so tightly curled that they wo n't press into a good shape , and you will have wasted your rose . |
| 14 | They could never even rely upon a good singing voice — instead there is that distinctive nasal whine . |
| 15 | He is said to have derogated the picture as ‘ just juggling about ’ and ‘ copying others ’ , and that the picture would not even serve as a good poster . |
| 16 | We could n't quite run to a good boarding-school , so we chose Burleigh . ’ |