Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked like another case of thin fibres showing anomalously high strength and it naturally attracted a good deal of attention . |
| 2 | Poets had found their way over ( and sometimes back , to tell the tale ) ; so had a good number of priests over the centuries , and hermits , meditating on their essence so hard the In Ovo enveloped them and spat them into another world . |
| 3 | She had arrived in Paris in 1912 and soon became a good friend of Soutine and a familiar Montparnasse character . |
| 4 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 5 | Students in the USA had to go out on placement to firms for training , and thus had a good grounding in practical embalming . |
| 6 | Woollen weavers in the West Country and in the West Riding generally had a good war . |
| 7 | Their intentions were oblique and somewhat vague , but Klein already had a good idea about the subject to be discussed . |
| 8 | Most students , after all , just wanted a good education . |
| 9 | They did n't ask for any money , they just wanted a good royalty and help with promotion . |
| 10 | The implication is that these women were the sexual victims of men who just wanted a good time . |
| 11 | I think she just wanted a good nose round . |
| 12 | In the office we shall remember our as the hard working , level headed lady who always made a good job of the task in hand . |
| 13 | In those days he still played a good deal of tennis . |
| 14 | I once astounded a good guitarist friend of mine — who was also an electronics engineer , believe it or not — at the difference in tone and volume between a Whirlwind lead and a cheapo cable . |
| 15 | ‘ He always showed a good sense of fun and took a good deal of ribbing from the crew with the utmost charm and good humour , ’ said Morgan . |
| 16 | McFarlane once discovered a good way to kill curiosity , like the cat . |
| 17 | Even if I were a man of deep sensibility and tact — and it sounds pretty wimpish to me ! — I still needed a good night 's sleep . |
| 18 | — She always liked a good story , that one . |
| 19 | But I always did a good line in love potions . |
| 20 | It still had a good edge . |
| 21 | Afterwards he dismissed the defeat as no more than ‘ irritating ’ and said he still had a good chance of winning the match . |
| 22 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
| 23 | At the end of the night , the luck was with the opposition , but Roy and Judy still had a good night out . |
| 24 | But the public still had a good deal of confidence in the armed forces and the police , although both were held in less regard than they were ten years ago . |
| 25 | To this , the Church Commissioners ostensibly had a good answer : that the percentage of listed churches demolished was actually lower than that of secular buildings . |
| 26 | I always had a good relationship with the press . |
| 27 | Such incidents were not always so funny at the time , though , in retrospect we always had a good laugh . |
| 28 | Always had a good sewage treatment works at Nottingham . |
| 29 | The Royal family are country people , their interests and off-duty activities are all to do with the countryside , and the Prince always had a good knowledge of its workings ; but it was not until after he became chairman of the steering committee for Wales that he discovered the danger it was in . |
| 30 | Rutherford knew that his wife liked Dan Ruane , always had a good word for him . |