Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end I came to a good old British compromise . |
| 2 | I think that was quite lucky I landed in a good job , |
| 3 | I spent the first eighteen months working in all the factory departments , so I started with a good knowledge of precisely how the product was made and did all the jobs that then existed in the production of confectionery . |
| 4 | My father did well in his business and I went to a good school . |
| 5 | one Friday , having done my weekend cleaning and baked a batch of bread during the day , I hoped for a good night 's rest , but I scarcely had retired before my labour began . |
| 6 | Looking for Ianthe and Penelope , Sophia saw that they were deep in conversation , which she welcomed as a good sign . |
| 7 | That was the personality you needed in a good family doctor . |
| 8 | You went to a good school and then to a reasonably good university , did n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | She looked like a good cunt . |
| 10 | She went to a good school , had enough clothes and pocket money . |
| 11 | ‘ If we lived on a good one , how would things be different ? ’ |
| 12 | A real Canadian breakfast , pancakes and honey , with eggs and ham and coffee , just what we needed after a good workout . |
| 13 | This remarkable event , as unlikely as a Papal Bull encouraging polyandry , we took for a good omen . |
| 14 | They came with a good suit on and they would go to work with a suit double breasted and then and they would work there and make a lot of money and when the next thing they would do they would hit into town and get all rigged out and then that was them from top to bottom from their hat right to their feet and then they were hitting the road then . |
| 15 | Er er they came from a good old cross section of life . |
| 16 | They knocked for a good ten minutes before giving up but it was obvious that the place was deserted . |
| 17 | so , erm , they rang and they rang , and they rang for a good twenty to twenty five minutes and we just erm , we , we all huddled together in the living room , and erm , anyway about half an hour went past , and then they finally went , we saw them , we live in a flat , and we saw them from the window , we saw them going back to the station you see . |
| 18 | They had all the grain of which they needed for a good breakfast to finish |
| 19 | Among the most significant were the Lewkenors of West Dean , the Pelhams of Laughton and the Palmers of Parham , men whose estates grew steadily as they bought in a good market and judiciously married their sons and daughters . |
| 20 | People did n't have much to give but what they gave they gave with a good heart you know . |
| 21 | I mean he saw he sh great pace was shown then it was a nothingy ball that he made into a good situation . |
| 22 | Scott inherited the family estate in 1596 , but from 1612 until towards the end of his life he lived for a good part of the year in Canterbury . |
| 23 | He lived in a good loose-box , and was let out to water twice a day . |
| 24 | Once the bill of lading became an abstract document , it conveyed to a good faith holder what became known as a ‘ mercantile ’ title to the goods — the lawful holder of the bill of lading acquired a better right to the possession of the goods than his transferor . |
| 25 | He got into a good crowd , people that thought like he did . |
| 26 | The Intel 80860 he described as a good implementation of a poorly thought-out microprocessor architecture . |
| 27 | At that time the party seemed to have many of the characteristics of a party which did not expect to win elections : it had changed its leadership only a few weeks before the general election was called , Lansbury having resigned and been replaced by Attlee on a temporary basis ; and it suffered from a good deal of internal factionalism , and found its major policy demand — collective security through the League of Nations — ‘ scooped ’ by Stanley Baldwin , the Prime Minister . |
| 28 | I never took a meal with him , but I should be surprised to find that he ate with a good appetite . |
| 29 | He came from a good home , was well educated and had every advantage . |
| 30 | He came from a good , supportive family and had never been in trouble before . |