Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time is always right for a good idea , even if it 's not your own . |
| 2 | It is easier when you are feeling fresh and alert after a good night 's sleep than at the end of a busy day , easier for short periods than for long periods . |
| 3 | ‘ The bridge was too high for a good angle anyway and the fact that it blocked the view of so many meant that the atmosphere never developed properly , so that the cameras had nothing convey . |
| 4 | You 're not too old for a good smack . ’ |
| 5 | The screen is clear with a good colour scheme for those with colour monitors . |
| 6 | Nor are they much interested in a good figure , eyes , hair , breasts or legs . |
| 7 | Free to a Good Home |
| 8 | How well no it was free to a good home it was please take it . |
| 9 | Er , to what extent er , was the er , was the performance of , of Camco erm , er dependent on a good performance from ? |
| 10 | Some remarks made at the time by the defence correspondent of a major London weekly are representative of a good deal of professional opinion expressed both then and since . |
| 11 | But misses at times when they seemed set for a good end let the Stranraer team in . |
| 12 | Eventually , the message reaches the end of the line , and we read it ( or rather our 12,000th great grandchildren do , assuming that all the typists have a speed typical of a good secretary ) . |
| 13 | And it is only fairly recently — probably since my mother 's death — that I have been able to abandon the naive belief that such an apparently ‘ perfect ’ relationship is indicative of a good marriage . |
| 14 | Rod Wallace appears to be producing some good performances although he 's not putting all his chances away — those misses in the first half on Saturday would probably be crucial against a good side . |
| 15 | Be warm with a good duvet or sheets with extra blankets if required . |
| 16 | Causes and effects , then , are certain spatio-temporal items , individual properties and relations , as distinct from a good deal else . |
| 17 | The cost of replacinng a keycard is crucial in a good security system . |
| 18 | Some cases are uncomplicated with a good prognosis while others are difficult to manage with a poor anticipated outcome . |
| 19 | In all the circumstances some rot of some kind was almost inevitable in a good proportion of gliders . |
| 20 | His largest fault , perhaps , and one natural to a good hater , was a congenital inability to accept that mortal creatures hold incompatible views and behave in ways incompatible with their views , so that to the end of his days he declined to accept any difference between holding a speculative opinion that is evil and being bad . |
| 21 | I mean the feeling that I got from our research was that there are certain things that are absolutely basic to a good relationship between the school and the parent . |
| 22 | When the weather was too rough for a good shot , or for Gould to be lowered in a boat to collect his prize , he would stand on deck and fish for his birds with a hook and line . |
| 23 | They freeze well — pop them into the freezer in a polythene bag or box — and can be cooked from frozen after a good rinse . |
| 24 | But so few people take such words seriously that the nationalists have had to set their main protest for June 24th , Quebec 's national day , to be sure of a good turnout . |
| 25 | Because of the Farm 's history , they used the occasion to mount a show of force , and to do so at 5pm , when children playing on the estate would be terrified by the raid , but when they could be sure of a good spot on the Six O'Clock News . |
| 26 | I should be awfully sorry if you decided you ought to get a job elsewhere where you would be sure of a good future , but I would n't hold it against you . |
| 27 | Whatever you choose , you 're sure of a good time . |
| 28 | My idea was partly to make sure of a good time , as I have always had there , and partly to set the tone for my future articles . |
| 29 | To be sure of a good set , use preserving sugar with added pectin . |
| 30 | Steve Cauthen is confident of a good run from Irish St Leger winner Mashaallah , but Magic Night has been in this battle before and this time she can win . |