Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Egypt 's nuclear power industry is still in the design phase , but according to Mr. Kandil , nuclear power was the only clean energy alternative for Egypt : ‘ If developed countries want to enjoy a good climate , they should give us these plants at lower cost . |
| 2 | Thus , open tipped tubes and intraluminal solid state pressure transducers appear to provide a good estimate of the amount and characteristics of contractile activity . |
| 3 | Most traders , and I 'm sure this applies to those advertising in Guitarist , want to provide a good service and usually do . |
| 4 | You want to create a good impression every time you pick up the phone to answer it . |
| 5 | These young patients appear to have a good prognosis following infarction and intervention policies based on exercise testing in an older age group may not be appropriate . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 7 | I want to have a good talk with Mr Makepeace and Mr Farraday … ’ |
| 8 | I want to work with people who want to have a good time . |
| 9 | You want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend , but somehow you feel restricted and constrained from enjoying life . |
| 10 | ‘ Users just want to have a good time , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Subsequently , in the absence of major dislocations such as war or revolution , the provisions appear to show a good deal of tenacity , retaining many of their early characteristics despite subsequent evolution . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've got a visitor coming at six o'clock and I want to make a good impression on him — it 's twenty to four already . ’ |
| 13 | But if you want to make a good impression on examiners , prospective employers or clients , the mastery of our unreasonable orthography is a necessity . |
| 14 | This is because both agencies are fighting for a larger share of the available budget and seek to create a good impression by producing the most frightening scenario . |
| 15 | Jockey to get a good slot , forcing a gap to leeward where possible and not letting anyone sail over you to windward . |
| 16 | Lurking behind all this in Mary 's case is , of course , the notion of the gentler sex , with all that entails ; if nice men made bad kings , because successful kingship meant toughness and ruthlessness , how could the more emotional , gentler female hope to make a good queen ? |
| 17 | It was true that Miss Devenish let slip a good deal of fragmentary information about Tolby . |
| 18 | Keen pond owners enjoy growing a good selection of aquatic plants especially waterlilies — given the facilities why not try experimenting with tropical waterlilies ? |
| 19 | Beyond the relationship between parents-in-law and children-in-law , there is little evidence of support , except in cases where for individual and idiosyncratic reasons people happen to form a good relationship , say with a sister-in-law . |
| 20 | In fact , they seem to get a good price for their equity , because they only sell when they sense that investors feel lucky . |
| 21 | We seem to have a good time whenever we 're out and always have something to talk about , which is really great . |
| 22 | ‘ Now that you have discarded your masculine disguise you seem to need a good deal of attention . ’ |
| 23 | We intend to use a good number of the shots for promotional and exhibition uses in the run up to the 1993 Year of Railways . |
| 24 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 25 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
| 26 | Erm been tending to concentrate on specific things which you know stand a good chance of being on the paper , and even if they 're not will help you with others . |
| 27 | ‘ Shut up , Ed , ’ said Joey dispassionately , ‘ I like to hear a good story . |
| 28 | ‘ I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I always like to have a good look round the Abbey . ’ |
| 30 | I walk a lot — I like to have a good hour 's walk each day if I can . |