Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be an unlikely civil servant , but his qualities should stand him in good stead for the job of producing a national strategy for the NHS 's science . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the Picasso Trigger needs constant water tests and monitoring , like all marine fish , and should get us into good habits again . |
| 3 | They 'll keep us in good standing with the king still . |
| 4 | She had a strong sense of the dramatic , and could use it to good effect when occasion demanded . |
| 5 | He 'd keep it in good order from now on . |
| 6 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’ |
| 8 | If that had happened after the sale of the National Bus Company , one could accept it as good business . |
| 9 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 10 | It was provided and further agreed that the widow would pay to the executors ‘ the sum of £1 yearly , towards the ground-rent , payable in respect of the said dwelling house , ’ and would keep it in good repair . |
| 11 | He would take her to good restaurants . |
| 12 | He himself spent hours in the chapel reserved for cadets , praying to the image of Rogal Dorn , and to the Emperor , attempting to recapture the moment when he had flown through fire , sure that this would stand him in good stead in battle . |
| 13 | The intent of the politician was of course to create a feeling of obligation , which he undoubtedly hoped would stand him in good stead at the next election , but such feelings were all the stronger because the shrewd political manager never breathed a word about a bargain or the anticipated political return . |
| 14 | Still , I 'd always tried hard to be a good golfer , and playing off three handicap I knew would stand me in good stead . |
| 15 | Here are some further areas in which you may well have experience and that would stand you in good stead with a prospective employer . |
| 16 | From the point of view of certain owners , these diet-shifts are nothing but a nuisance , but if ever , for some dramatic reason , the cat found itself without its usual owner , they would stand it in good stead . |
| 17 | A varied diet of earthworms , aquatic insects , shrimps , small fish and tablet foods will keep it in good health . |
| 18 | Habits of good manners , honesty and consideration for others , which a child acquires by imitating the good examples set by his parents , will stand him in good stead all his life . |
| 19 | It will stand him in good stead when he comes to argue against the MacSharry proposals . |
| 20 | ‘ I keep telling myself that it will stand me in good stead when I 'm about 40 and doing my first Isolde ! ’ |
| 21 | To me it is a worthwhile occupation and one which I am convinced will stand me in good stead for the rest of my life . ’ |
| 22 | And I 've been the leader of of that party for the last four and half years , I am ready to step down from that , and ready to take up this challenge , and I believe that those experiences , and what I 've done there , will stand me in good stead . |
| 23 | I 'm therefore doubly grateful to you for giving me the chance to meet you today , and I hope that some of the contacts I might make today will stand me in good stead in the job that I 'm doing in Oxford over the next year or so . |
| 24 | Neither has previously managed anything very much before , although I 'm sure their vital experience as successful footballers in the Seventies ( opening boutiques ) will stand them in good stead . |
| 25 | " She gave up on me a long time ago , but she made sure that my two sons , Charles and Joseph , speak the language of her forebears , and that will stand us in good stead in your colony . " |
| 26 | If , as children , we were given healing opportunities to grieve for a range of losses , whether it was falling and losing our precariously-achieved sense of balance , the death of a cat , the breaking of a doll or having to move house , we will have learned skills which will stand us in good stead later . |
| 27 | That is a widening of personal opportunity , a lifting of the nation 's educational attainments and a sharpening of our competitive skills which will stand us in good stead for the future . |
| 28 | Developing such skills will stand you in good stead for when some stressful situation occurs to which you would normally respond by eating a box of chocolates or downing four or five gin and tonics or glasses of beer . |
| 29 | Steel or silver , clean cut contemporary or simply traditional , a good set of cutlery will stand you in good stead for years to come . |
| 30 | However , it is one that , if you take the trouble to learn properly , will stand you in good stead . |