Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] been good [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always been good at thinking on my feet . |
| 2 | I 've always been good at saving . |
| 3 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 4 | You 've always been good at that . ’ |
| 5 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 6 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never been good at showing my feelings , but yes , I love you . |
| 8 | " Your letters were always too short , Sara , and not detailed enough , but then you 've never been good at spilling all your thoughts in speech or writing , have you ? |
| 9 | The lords in parliament , and in the courthouse and the castle , they do not know how we live — they know nothing about us , except that we will die for them , to protect their forts in India and in Scotland ’ — his voice sharpened suddenly , his arm swung round and pointed north and a gust of response rose out of the crowd — ‘ we have always been good at that , their demands can never be satisfied , regiments for the colonies , indentured servants and labourers for the plantations , they have scoured Scotland like a killing wind and the men have been whirled away in the blast of it . |
| 10 | New Zealand have always been good in this department and that is why we are going there ’ , explained coach Lin . |
| 11 | The Socialists have historically been better at going for the gut-level reaction . |
| 12 | Greeks have never been good at the plodding job , even in their classical prime ; Demosthenes was not the only one to complain of that . |