Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] good " in BNC.
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1 | The journey to Liverpool Street station was just a trundle around the Northern Line from Camden to Moorgate and then a short walk , and I accomplished it in good time . |
2 | I believed I put them to good use against Pakistan . |
3 | This time I studied it in good sunlight , because some of the colours are so dim or so dark that one can hardly see what the pattern is all about . |
4 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
5 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
6 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
7 | I have it on good authority that I 'm likely to live . |
8 | Of course , America is a different story , and I have it on good authority that Harmonys still abound there . |
9 | I have it on good authority that Fat Sam 's pleasure is coarsing . |
10 | I have it on good assurance |
11 | I have it on good authority from a cousin in Stockport , who has a drinking buddy who knows the car park attendant at Altrincham , that my name has already been linked with a managerial post at both Rotherham and Manchester United . |
12 | Furthermore , I have it on good authority that the same arkie has been invited to attend the South of England Rally this year . |
13 | ‘ I have it on good authority that your father is seriously considering selling , ’ he said calmly . |
14 | ‘ I have it on good authority that there is a waiting list of up to 50 weeks despite what the health authority says . |
15 | ‘ I have it on good authority that when Satan left , Christ did it but then changed them back to show he would not be tempted to eat . |
16 | I have it on good authority that someone living at Hempnall became very enamoured of a stray mink she found outside her house . |
17 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
18 | " See you put it to good use . " |
19 | If your painting or other work of art has ever been the subject of a theft in the past then you may not now be the true owner even if you bought it in good faith ; you may be forced to hand it back to the original owner , or his heirs , depending on the relevant jurisdiction . |
20 | You wanted a man , and you wanted him for good — because after all , you were getting on then , were n't you ? |
21 | We want you for Good Money . |
22 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |
23 | ‘ We are putting a lot of money into these core plants to improve their efficiency and reduce variable costs , ’ Ewart emphasizes , ‘ It is vital that we keep them in good shape . ’ |
24 | We 've got it , we bought it in good faith and we 're keeping it |
25 | starting with the right material , the A&R staff try to encourage artists to write commercially and they introduce them to good studios , engineers , producers and other musicians . ’ |
26 | The pubs had begun hiring marquees to contain their overflow and they put them to good use by putting on entertainment — a disco , a barn dance or jazz music — on the Friday and Saturday evenings . |
27 | They stood her in good stead when her father enrolled her at her next school , Riddlesworth Hall , two hours ' drive from Park House . |
28 | ‘ Where goods are sold in market overt , according to the usage of the market , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of any defect or want of title on the part of the seller . ’ |
29 | ‘ Where the seller of goods has a voidable title to them , but his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of the seller 's defect of title . ’ |
30 | He introduced me to good restaurants in Paris , good food in Lugano , and good wines in New York . |