Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The days of reading philosophy , politics , and economics , called PPE , came up a good deal . |
| 2 | And with Deane , you are forgetting the big guy turned down a BETTER contract at Sheff Wed to join Leeds . |
| 3 | It so happened that it turned out a good thing that it did n't get posted , but that was just a lucky chance . |
| 4 | And it used to be , it killed off a good part of our business this year , we used to do a roaring trade in back-dated diaries with accountancy lawyers , and it 's all gone . |
| 5 | For example , Meric Casaubon , a prolific classical scholar , made out a good case for supposing there to be much of human value in the tradition he wished to defend . |
| 6 | And this week Sunday Life tracked down the Good Samaritans involved — Noel and Mary Redpath . |
| 7 | Before the break , record signing Lenny Johnrose got his one and only chance but Roger Freestone pulled off a good save . |
| 8 | Philip picked up the roll of wire from beside the hide and clipped off a good length of wire . |
| 9 | Yesterday 's annual results showed that it kept up the good work in 1991 . |
| 10 | We were — ’ I thought up a good lie quickly ; they 're the best ones ' — remembering all the times we had when we were students . |
| 11 | In mid-afternoon , he hove to , dropped anchor and took Mary the few hundred yards to the sports field , basking a little in their ceremonious passage — the work and self-forgetfulness of the day brought out every best quality in her and yet , paradoxically , although at the pitch of her beauty , she herself was more unaware of it than at any other time . |
| 12 | It is for reasons like these that I crossed out the best part of two months each autumn to devote to the public-spending discussions . |
| 13 | The royals will try to shrug off their problems and put on a good show for Margaret . |
| 14 | He put in a good word for him at meetings of the Jockey Club . |
| 15 | He put in a good word for me and it went on from there . |
| 16 | The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references . |
| 17 | She put up a better show in the 1980s . |
| 18 | Cricket now , and a bumper crowd has been watching Gloucestershire put up a good fight against Essex in the quarter finals of the Nat West trophy . |
| 19 | In the continuing war of words between reformers and hardliners , Mr Nemeth conjured up the best insult of the day when he referred to his opponents as ‘ Stone Age conservatives ’ . |
| 20 | We struck up a good relationship almost immediately . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've established myself in the Premier League and struck up a good relationship with the fans . ’ |
| 22 | In New York , Robert Schwartz , chairman of the Tarrytown Group of New York , offered $10000 to the person who actually carried out the best test of the hypothesis . |
| 23 | A neat interchange in the 24th minute set up a good chance for Dinamo 's Djamaravli , but he scooped his shot high and wide . |
| 24 | For instance , it 's easy to plug in , set up a good tone and say , ‘ There you go — a great amp ! ’ |
| 25 | Ardingly , thanks to 67 from Adam Slight , set up a good declaration at 225/6 for their opponents who accepted the challenge and won by five wickets . |
| 26 | At last week 's advertising awards , the Esso tiger picked up the Best Animal trophy when to me it was obvious that the Andrex puppy was the better creature . |
| 27 | In the ensuing debate , Alan Shatter , TD of Fine Gael , author of a book on family law , pointed out the better provision being made under the projected divorce law for a first wife than existed at present , and that children of the first marriage would maintain their present rights , though they would have to share with children of the second marriage . |
| 28 | There was a growing consensus that sex hygiene teaching held out the best assurance for eliminating vice . |