Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Barclays Managed Rate Facility gives you the best of both worlds : it offers much of the flexibility of an overdraft both with an interest rate comparable to Money Market rates . |
| 32 | 5 You can take the Braun Plaque Remover on holiday — one night of recharging gives you a good 10 days of power if you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes . |
| 33 | There was time when they had to bribe er , give some sort of er incentive to the foreman to give them a good time , then it was the shop stewards who would give the workers to the management who will do the o overtime . |
| 34 | I make his bed once a week to give it a good puff up in the sheets . |
| 35 | We have spent £110 million enlarging the terminal and creating a spacious new environment to give you a better standard of service . |
| 36 | If you are going to have a party with a theme , this game gives you a good start . |
| 37 | He laughed , ‘ I 'll have no trouble finding you a good husband . ’ |
| 38 | Its direct-drive 33hp electric motor gives it a good top speed of 74mph and a range of 90 miles : more than enough , says Renault , for the average commuter 's entire week 's travel . |
| 39 | Thus , for example , the price of a rural railway line should be less than the private marginal cost if society judges it a good thing to protect the living standards of people in remote areas or to foster a sense of national cohesion . |
| 40 | RICHARD ROLLE 'S conversion to the solitary life tells us a good deal about his spirituality . |
| 41 | The journey took him the better part of an hour , due to delays on the Tube , but now , as he walked from the station , he felt a curious mixture of elation and anxiety . |
| 42 | We considered gas , electricity and oil , and natural gas offered us the best benefits , ’ said Mike MacCormack , Administrator at Dunster Castle . |
| 43 | She , Madame Gauthier , wife of the proprietor , had her business to attend to , and this kind of scandal did it no good at all . |
| 44 | Their no-nonsense style makes them a better Super Bowl bet than the Buffalo Bills , who routed the Atlanta Falcons 41–14 with reserve running back Kenneth Davis rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns . |
| 45 | And while his mother may have forgotten Dublin and his father , who had given his life to make it a better place for his children to live in , Patrick had not . |
| 46 | He switched on a few lights , took off his coat and tie and rolled up his sleeves , then he pottered around the kitchen making himself a good night mug of milkless tea . |
| 47 | This route gives you a good flavour of the West Country . |
| 48 | Being a temp gives you a good chance to try out different types of work before committing yourself to a permanent job , and also to size up the different companies . |
| 49 | DOUBLE PAYMENT gives you the best of both words . |
| 50 | If you come into the dale from Stainforth , then the road into Malham winds down by Ewe Moor giving you a good view of the Cove and the lynchets under Shorkley Hill . |
| 51 | GHI verdict : Our testers , heavy with cold , found that the vaporiser gave them a good night 's sleep ; even their husbands/partners slept better . |
| 52 | ‘ City did us a good turn by beating Leeds on Saturday and we do n't want to waste it , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 53 | there in the Chronicle was this thing to say what a good response they had ! |
| 54 | Some detectors incorporate the two types in a single unit to give you a better performance . |
| 55 | Christmas Eve brought us the good news that we had also been awarded Phase II of the East Merthyr Reclamation Scheme , known as Great White Tip . |
| 56 | So wherever you 're driving , the European Car of the Year gives you the best of both worlds . |
| 57 | ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’ |
| 58 | We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … . |
| 59 | He skipped along the corridors and went to see Matron to tell her the good news . |
| 60 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |