Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] a good " in BNC.

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1 Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ .
2 I am having a good time , ’ Ruth assured him .
3 I am fifteen I have just come down here in my lunch hour at school but I am having a good time .
4 ‘ Well , yes , I must admit , ’ replies management , ‘ that I am making a good thing out of this , the best break we have had for years — you see , my methods of production are so cheap and efficient . ’
5 I tell them I am making a good living , that I can support a child , that I want a baby more than anything , but they refuse . ’
6 I 'm riding a good deal . ’
7 I 'm having a good time walking up and down here and being astonished that anyone could be so ignorant .
8 At times like that I feel I 'm doing a good job .
9 Unless people are free to say ‘ I do n't think it 's good enough ’ , ‘ I do n't feel as if I 'm doing a good enough job ’ , and ‘ I do n't have a clear idea of how to do it better ’ , teacher-generated and teacher-appropriated change will not happen .
10 Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier .
11 For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat .
12 I was given a good hiding , which I deserved , but it made no difference .
13 I was given a good speaking part and enjoyed making the film .
14 ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit .
15 Not the most exciting of prospects maybe but even so , I was having a good time .
16 A lot of things were happening , sometimes I was having a good time , sometimes it was ghastly , and I used to get totally paranoid smoking dope .
17 After thinking about it , Cameron replied , ‘ James , I was told a good thing once , by the sawyer at Bunarkaig .
18 I was carrying a good supply of handkerchiefs and managed to keep myself clean , but it was ten past eight before I had recovered sufficiently to move , with attendance at the concert now out of the question .
19 I thought I was doing a good enough job against Southampton to stay on .
20 Certainly , if you are eating a good diet , not smoking cigarettes , consuming little alcohol , are physically and mentally well , aged between 18 and 65 years , and not pregnant or breast-feeding , then you should not need any nutritional supplements .
21 By getting used to eating oranges rather than drinking orange juice , eating apples rather than drinking apple juice , and so on , you are establishing a good habit which will help to control your weight in the future .
22 ‘ When you both feel light-hearted enough to enjoy your baby , you are making a good start ’ says Infant Care on its second page , and Spock uses the same injunction , ‘ Enjoy Your Baby ’ , as a subheading in his chapter ‘ The Right Start ’ .
23 I guess everyone said it is 95 per cent curable ; the treatment is good ; you are making a good recovery .
24 The average glass of wine contains between 90–100 calories , and it is difficult to stop at one when you are having a good meal .
25 It means that , by a certain amount of fairly skilful organization over the year , you 're meeting a good cross-section of senior and middle management .
26 How do you know you 're getting a good workout ?
27 You 're keeping a good , yeah you 're keep you 're keeping your double run that way as well but
28 ‘ Not too far when you 're having a good time .
29 In America , as long as you 're having a good time right now , it 's valid ; if in the next century it 's all forgotten , then that 's okay too .
30 Er , it takes me an hour to get there , if I 'm lucky now at roadworks and charging time in one day , is like an hour to patch , then you 're out on to the patch , in between appointments running about because Derby 's quite a big area , er , again if you 've got to cover an appointment in Matlock and you 're in Derby in the morning you 're talking a good forty five minute run to get there .
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