Example sentences of "[prep] a good [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of a good history it may be impossible to differentiate this syndrome from the early stages of a severe primary infection . |
| 2 | In the hands of a good writer it can convey atmosphere and emotion , but it works to a large extent by analogy rather than definition . |
| 3 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 4 | My peg was on a gravel point , it looked perfect for the stick float but as I was fishing for a good weight I opted to start on the feeder . |
| 5 | The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving . |
| 6 | People did n't have much to give but what they gave they gave with a good heart you know . |
| 7 | With a good downpour it seemed probable that the bedroom ceiling below would come down . |
| 8 | You can pick up some waif on the street and with a good director she can be a good actor , because it 's really about isolated moments on film that are edited down . |
| 9 | In a good year you may have done unnecessary work ; in a bad one the harvest could be safe whilst others are still struggling with their expensive machinery . |
| 10 | This was true enough : the Company needed to sell about £100,000 of goods a year in West Africa to carry on enough trade to cover its fixed costs for shipping and for its forts ; it was never able to manage this and in a good year it could only take about 6,000 slaves across , which might be worth £90,000 . |
| 11 | It 's impossible to judge exactly how many people will come in as a result of that and er , how much expenditure will be incurred because as you know we 're in a recessionary period and as you 've already heard there is concern about current trading , but I would hope that it would bring in er , something like a hundred and fifty thousand extra people , certainly in a good year I 'd expect more than that but really that 's about as much as I 'm prepared to say with some additional spending which will be incurred at Alton Towers . |
| 12 | For me a badly painted reflection fades away , while in a good painting it lies on the surface and itself creates a consistently advancing plane . |
| 13 | If she 's in a good mood she 'll time Ted 's egg by the 8.05 to Edinburgh ; on the other hand , on a bad day she 'll shout at Ted to make his own bloody breakfast and curse at Frieda for wasting good food on her plate . |
| 14 | Probably in a good mood you got ta carry on |
| 15 | Hope Adrian 's in a good mood You have n't seen what work he 's doing at the moment then , how does he know ? |
| 16 | In a good light she could pass for sixteen . |
| 17 | How well no it was free to a good home it was please take it . |
| 18 | Thus to a good approximation we have This expression is evaluated in Appendix E. In the transverse traceless gauge and the energy flow per unit area per unit time is . |
| 19 | He would not , of course , be alone in being exposed in the General Prologue and enhancing the adverse view of himself by his own Prologue — consider , for instance , the Pardoner — but he would be alone in then telling a tale which clinches the destruction of any claim to a good character he might have ; a tale without any redeeming features , which the tales of even the worst of the corrupt clerics , the Friar and the Pardoner , have . |
| 20 | So we could n't fit him in either , so we 've actually sold Marvin sadly to Poole , which erm he 'll lead those to a good team I think . |
| 21 | Once I get on to a good thing I keep it going until I run out of luck . |
| 22 | But that 's it , on a good day we could give you ten only , and we could n't give you any more . |
| 23 | I have to admit that on a good day I find little at all wrong with the prospect of a ride in a new BMW , and Patterson was obviously well-pleased with his material rewards of Yuppiedom . |
| 24 | On a good day you might happen to come across a man taking his dog for exercise . |
| 25 | But on a good day it makes for an exhilarating walk taking in two of the most appealing summits in the Lake District — Bowfell and Crinkle Crags . |
| 26 | ‘ It is across this sea and in summer on a good day it is easy enough to see the island where the sacred site is . |
| 27 | On a good day he looked like a mixture of Rod Stewart , Steve Jones and Buddy Holly . |
| 28 | On a good night you 'd have Ron Ackroyd ; Terry and Bobby ( and Bobby 's Mother ) ; Sandy and Eddie ; Big Janet ( she was always in ) ; That Awful Hugh Hapsley ; Teddy , Tiny , Leaf , Minty , Winter ; Madge , also known as The Troll ; Miss Public House ; and , of course , Mr Mortimer . |