Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is our reasons for asserting a dependent conditional which bring in a good deal more than what is brought in by the conditional itself . |
| 2 | Send in a good quality tape with no more than four songs . |
| 3 | Colonials keeping up a good show , ignoring the riotous jungle around them . |
| 4 | I got to work up a good sweat . |
| 5 | Remoteness is still the keynote of this region , but a Charlton reiving party would be hard put to it these days to work up a good gallop along the upper reaches of the North Tyne River . |
| 6 | But in a cold , late spring I find it difficult if not impossible to work up a good tilth in time for mangolds . |
| 7 | In a cold , late spring it may prove difficult to graze off the rye in time to work up a good tilth for mangolds . |
| 8 | You put on a good front , and appear to others as an outgoing person . |
| 9 | Flocks need to be hung on a good wall surface . |
| 10 | Any one of them would bring in a good profit . |
| 11 | ‘ Senility is known to set in a good deal earlier in many cases . ’ |
| 12 | As soon as the starter says ‘ Go ’ , ride positively towards the first fence , picking up a good rhythm as soon as possible . |
| 13 | I put this on the agenda erm the phrase at the moment seems to be flagging things up and my concern is opposite Dave is the but as everybody I 'm sure is aware we 've got erm divisional A L O's based within as Crime Prevention Officers , the main concern for my particular area is Bill although based at has actually for the last three years built up a good working relationship and inspected staff from and . |
| 14 | Three Choirs has built up a good reputation and has proved popular with wine buyers . |
| 15 | While acknowledging that there were some schools which had built up a good range of resources and had successfully integrated their school library with the teaching and learning taking place in the school , it appeared at this time that many demonstrated one or all of the following basic problems : |
| 16 | Those schools which had built up a good resource collection appeared to have allocated additional capitation to the school library or to have raised extra funds from other sources . |
| 17 | At the moment it seems that Labour is poised to pick up a good swathe of its targets — but not , yet , quite enough of them to put Mr Kinnock safely into Downing Street . |
| 18 | He made a bad Budget error on the threshold of the succession , many Tory MPs were said to prefer ( of all people ) Inskip , and there seems no doubt that Baldwin , had he wished , could have stirred up a good cauldron of uncertainty . |
| 19 | The Mental Health Act 1983 has stirred up a good deal of argument and controversy , which is , arguably , a very good thing in an area where individual liberty is at such risk . |
| 20 | Phillips says that ‘ at first we try to set up a good rapport and explore the range of powers claimed . |
| 21 | The days of reading philosophy , politics , and economics , called PPE , came up a good deal . |
| 22 | Molly and Mary both had things to do that evening , so Yanto had arranged to meet Billy in the Boar to round off a good weekend . |
| 23 | And I must also add that I was a trifle put out , and surprised , because it seemed to me that he was turning down a good opportunity . |
| 24 | I could work up a good froth and then make my entrance doing an impression of a rabid dog . |
| 25 | Look up a good book on grammar and work on your prepositions . |
| 26 | However , on Saturday he had one of those games when little went right for him and as a result the pack rarely got up a good head of steam . |
| 27 | To justify their hold on this island far into East Germany , the West Germans must keep up a good show of a thriving community in West Berlin . |
| 28 | It so happened that it turned out a good thing that it did n't get posted , but that was just a lucky chance . |
| 29 | Examination questions should be answered with the skill that marks out a good chess player . |
| 30 | Like animals , they are great levellers — not remotely impressed by a string of titles — and he always found he could build up a good rapport with them . |