Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , it 's all religious , hypocrisy okay , humane , it 's humane to slog these boys down the chimney , yeah , it 's humane giving them a good beating is n't it , right then . |
| 2 | ‘ We will make sure they go to families who are capable of giving them a good home , ’ said Mrs Henderson . |
| 3 | and giving them a good pull . |
| 4 | I think the time has probably passed now , all the schools have got their own budgets , they 've got their own builders who are giving them a good service , and I doubt whether this is the time to resurrect that , especially with local government review not far off , and the future of a county-wide D S O in some doubt , when it comes to local government review . |
| 5 | Once you 've finished with the Steamatic , allow your carpets to dry for 1–2 hours before giving them a good vacuum to remove any remaining dirt particles . |
| 6 | All of this is giving me a good opportunity to get up to speed quickly on AEA and the various issues we face . |
| 7 | Oh Hayley not doing you no good love . |
| 8 | All of us at John Fowler Holidays will be pleased to see you at any time and hope to have the pleasure of giving you a good holiday . |
| 9 | And I shall look forward to giving you a good report when you next visit us in a ’ — she paused — ‘ fortnight 's time . |
| 10 | ‘ If the constable is coming anyway what have I to lose by giving you a good pasting and throwing the boots in the canal ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | to see which ones are giving you the good profits , sort of thing . |
| 13 | Giving herself a good talking to , and ruthlessly ignoring those silly , pathetic yearnings still buried deep in her subconscious , had always worked in the past . |
| 14 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 15 | Once you are on the course , be positive and give your horse the best chance at each obstacle , by giving him a good approach to each one and plenty of encouragement with the legs ( and voice and whip if need be ) . |
| 16 | I can not quite remember the title of the Ballet , but Miss Margot Fonteyn was on her way up , we were quite sure , and that redhead Moira Shearer was running her a good second . |
| 17 | In spring mulch the soil around it well after giving it a good soaking , this will encourage the soil to stay moist . |
| 18 | The Company felt very pleased when in 1717 it received an imperial decree giving it a good deal of the territorial autonomy for which its ambitious employees had hoped in the 1680s and , in return for an annual payment of 13,000 rupees , freed it from paying customs duties inside India , but there is no sign that the Company realized that developments of this sort showed the Moghul Empire was beginning to lose control of the country . |
| 19 | Have you ever watched seasoned knitted diving into cartons of yarn , coming up with a cone and giving it a good sniff ? |
| 20 | Following it for a while is like giving myself a good spring clean . ’ |
| 21 | Then he was behind me , showing me a good place to take a photograph , using his whistle as the camera . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He laughed , ‘ I 'll have no trouble finding you a good husband . ’ |
| 24 | The 125MB Western Digital hard disk drive , has a quite respectable average seek time of 14.2 milliseconds with a 725k per second data transfer rate , making it a good choice for Windows users . |
| 25 | Mercury , your ruler , begins to move through your sign , making it a good time to plan for the future . |
| 26 | On such whimsical criteria , and perhaps thinking them a good omen , did we decide our preference . |
| 27 | At Martin Brundle 's lunch in London I discovered that Maurice Hamilton had been the Mastermind question-setter and he reported that if I thought answering them was hard , he had found setting them a good deal harder . |
| 28 | The thing about Kennedy is that every time I hear he has done something outrageous I think ‘ Oh God ! ’ , but then I spend a few hours working with him and leave thinking what a good heart he has and how serious he is as a musician . |
| 29 | ‘ In the 1950s and 1960s I served my apprenticeship watching what the good caddies did — old Tip Anderson , Tip 's dad , and Little Mac , Dai Rees ' caddie . |
| 30 | A very delighted Nick Harris bringing us the good news about Oxford United getting through and winning today against Portsmouth by a goal to nil . |