Example sentences of "[verb] done a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 According to Peter Sommer , a computer forensics expert , the commission has done a good job in proposing new legislation which is workable and fits well with other parts of the law .
2 To its credit , Fimbra has done a good job weeding out some of the black sheep .
3 So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum .
4 Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ .
5 Geoff has done a good job on it .
6 The practical question which this paper also addresses is ‘ how can one tell when and whether a lawyer has done a good job ? ’ .
7 Someone who says he 's ‘ held one in his hand ’ , thinks that Intel has done a good job hyping up the industry over the P5 without having much chance of delivering its promises for some time to come .
8 It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements .
9 er has done a good job , one has to face it , in supporting the objectors to that motorway .
10 As my comrade from Scotland says John Prescott has done a good job here , but I have to say it 's not up against very much .
11 " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said .
12 She thinks the Board has done a good job and what would it be replaced with ?
13 But political pundits agree Michael Fallon has done a good job as a constituency MP .
14 For instance a large chunk of those voters who did declare firmly their intention to vote Labour were still prepared to recognise that Michael Fallon has done a good job as a constituency MP for the town since his election victory in 1983 .
15 Langer has done a good deal of research into the evaluation of this approach to schema activation , and she is convinced that is helps poor readers and good readers alike to learn more from difficult textbooks .
16 As our pick-up ti me approached we mustered under our patrol commander and soon moved back to base , tired but satisfied that we 'd done a good job .
17 Never mind , they 'd done a good job , and I had one plot of depth and richness on our otherwise bald mountain .
18 They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free .
19 You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood .
20 Act returned , having done a good time , but not quite good enough , and he knew it .
21 They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job .
22 It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished .
23 Can we actually pause there cos you 've done a good bit of digging on that one .
24 but if you think about it , if you 've done a good job , you 've done a good presentation , done a good fact find and they buy , then they should be very happy at that moment in time and er it was stupid because that is the right time to actually ask
25 ‘ They 're not snooty and they take us down the pub for a drink if we 've done a good job . ’
26 It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job .
27 " You 've done a good job , " Lee said quickly , recognizing the woman 's insecurity .
28 ‘ You 've done a good job , Bourne . ’
29 And if we put a little bit more effort into specifying requirements more tightly , then there 'd be less argument at the end of the day as to whether we 've done a good job or a bad job .
30 Seems you 've done a good job with our Crilly . ’
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