Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this time can you concentrate more on what you are going to do with your body to actually tell people via your body or give them a good idea of exactly what you mean |
| 2 | Ushers , magistrates , Clerks of the Court , solicitors , and even the odd judge or barrister now nod affably to me or wish me a good day and more than one defendant , during the break while evidence is being weighted , has asked my ‘ professional ’ opinion as to his chances . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect . |
| 4 | I think the bit that stands up above the horizon is fine , I mean I think that gives you a good idea of what it would have been like had you been able to get the whole , or not perhaps the whole of it , but a lot more of the post up above the horizon simply by getting down lower . |
| 5 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 6 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |
| 7 | ‘ Under John 's leadership , the last three years have seen significant progress and given us a good start in tackling the challenges that lie ahead . ’ |
| 8 | I patted Armstrong 's stubbly radiator and promised him a good clean-out . |
| 9 | The waiter brought two tall glasses and filled them a good way up with Courvoisier . |
| 10 | What is known is that nearly 8000 young people leave care each year at 18 and many others at 16 and 17 , and are not provided with any semblance of the help and support which a good parent would give not only to these age groups but often to many young people of 19 , 20 or even older . |
| 11 | I 'll just pop in and give them a good scare . |
| 12 | He would come here and give you a good , price for everything you wanted to sell . " |
| 13 | ‘ Take him and give him a good dowsing . ’ |
| 14 | He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders . |
| 15 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
| 16 | To break contact , move your hands close together again , slide them away and give them a good shake to remove any tingling ( or even tension ) picked up from your partner . |
| 17 | Do this the day before you intend to fish , and give them a good shake every time you walk past them . |
| 18 | I 've been there before and played well , and Dunwell , Withall ; there 's no reason why not and then bring Port Vale back here and give them a good — they 're a good side Port Vale , they 've done exceptionally well . |
| 19 | The therapist who will listen to your problems and give you a good perm is bound to avoid the dole . |
| 20 | But then , it 's a big difference between skiing abroad and you know , like staying somewhere like Cyprus skiing in Scotland , it 's true , but I mean , it 's like the first , I mean , my dad 's typical , sort of , get to the top of the hill and give you a good shove , you know , give you one time to go down a bit slowly and then after that you just get to the top ski downhill phhhh . |
| 21 | A high six-iron was the mutual decision , since there was just a gentle breeze to hold the ball up and give it a good chance to stop quickly . |
| 22 | Cut off two , inch long pieces of gummed tape and , moistening no more than one-quarter of an inch on each strip , stick them on the top edge of your cartridge paper by holding the brown paper hinges and give it a good shake . |
| 23 | Grab a hold of that please , and give it a good hard tug . . |
| 24 | Go and design me a good big handle , Howard . ’ |
| 25 | I watch him and know what a good father he will be . |
| 26 | With Mario , you felt that if you were walking through the wilds and a bear came bellowing from behind a tree , Mario would seize its paw , shake it vigorously and tell it a good story . |
| 27 | ‘ And get yourself a good shoe designer and a good cutter , make your own shoes , begin an emporium instead of just importing and selling the leather , at least then you would not find yourself out on a limb in a man 's world . ‘ |
| 28 | The irregularity of his semi-bigamous relationship with Ælfgifu of Northampton ( see Chapter 4 ) and levy of £82,500 in 1018 did not fulfil the Christian king 's duty to tax his people lightly and set them a good example , and in the early years of the reign many churchmen doubtless feared the worst . |
| 29 | And John meantime seeks always to dismiss me as incompetent and neurotic ( probably , as people wiser than me , such as his own lawyer , say , he does this to suit his own ends and to give himself a good press and to live within his own fantasies and eccentricities . ) |
| 30 | It is wise to wash all media thoroughly and to give it a good visual inspection for foreign objects and contaminants . |