Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tranmere wasted a good deal of splendid midfield work in the first half with long-range speculative shots into the stand . |
| 2 | His brother William made a good deputy in most respects and could deal with much of the day-to-day management of the properties ; but he was very much a stay-at-home character , immersed in his books and studies , and the more distant affairs tended to get neglected . |
| 3 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 4 | Elgin became a good example of the reaction to Johnson in Scotland . |
| 5 | Creed received a good deal of spin-off publicity . |
| 6 | Dyble added the conversion and another big victory looked on the cards , but Basingstoke showed a good deal of spirit in the final half-hour . |
| 7 | I think he and David enjoyed a good debate , and there was always an element of that . |
| 8 | Manville took a good gulp and appraised his superior over the rim of the glass . |
| 9 | ah , it was alright , er , it was a bit , David did a good performance , erm , and there was this boy in the first year , and he was apparently been turned down by Lambda Do you know who Lambda are , I do n't even know who they are . |
| 10 | Well before the revolution , Valentin Ceauşescu had a good reputation among Romanians — unlike his younger brother and sister . |
| 11 | They received the news silently , unwilling to concede that Woolley had a good reason for doing anything . |
| 12 | In no time at all Travis had a good fire going , and the heat from it drew her to her knees beside it , hands held out to the warmth . |
| 13 | From the gateway of the quarry Grimma had a good view of the road all the way to the airport . |
| 14 | Ann had a good brain , but Megan had it in her to be brilliant . |
| 15 | My speech to the party conference on the Saturday had a good reception , but those who favour ‘ democracy by decibels ’ noted a victory for Home on points … |
| 16 | Becky stood a good chance of saving herself but it 's believed she may have perished trying to help Emma , higher up on bales . |
| 17 | ‘ Karel played a good match but I was always struggling with my timing . |
| 18 | On fifty minutes , Andy Leach made a good saving tackle on the edge of the six yard box as Hugh Mann prepared to unleash a shot , and Dave Warner parried Graham Daniels follow up wide . |
| 19 | Four minutes later Darren Tilly wasted a good effort for Yate when he shot weakly at Warner after evading five tackles . |
| 20 | North lent a good deal of encouragement to Thomas Dowling , ‘ the priest for the contras ’ , who was called in by Calero to say Mass in the camps in Honduras ; but Dowling found the contras drifting , rather than committed . |
| 21 | Confronted with India 's massive 560 , England made a good start reaching 157 for one . |
| 22 | Such publications must be treated critically ; Namier provided a good example of the deflation of a quasi-official authoritativeness in his review of the Survey of International Affairs , 1938 published by the authoritative Royal Institute of International Affairs ( Chatham House ) . |
| 23 | Once in Mexico , Cuba seemed a good idea . |
| 24 | Leapor and Freemantle spent a good deal of their time talking about poetry and religion . |
| 25 | But the passing , the finishing was good , Lee Nogan hit a good shot , first couple of men in so you know that goes in , it 's a different game . |
| 26 | Ronni took a good sniff . |
| 27 | Livermore and Clemence did a good job last season … |
| 28 | Livermore and Clemence did a good job last season … |
| 29 | While the rate of management buyouts has slowed down with the recession those that were launched in Scotland had a good record of being completed . |
| 30 | Pat Gavin had a good scoring chance but Stephen Pears brought off a brilliant save . |