Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] a good " in BNC.

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1 In fact , it was an ‘ A ’ team player who helped them towards a good victory over highly placed Malshanger on Wednesday last week .
2 Having chosen your leather corals carefully , and provided them with a good aquarium environment , they should grow steadily and live for a long time ( ten years has been reported ) , and possibly even reproduce .
3 AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday .
4 Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations .
5 Manager Lennie Lawrence described it as a good old-fashioned scrap .
6 Personally , I regarded it as a good thing .
7 I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street .
8 Mills Roberts was a stickler for discipline but everyone recognised him as a good soldier and therefore , for all his shouting , he was a popular figure .
9 He led her at a good trot through the country lanes , by Bramfield and Tattle Hill , through Thieves Lane to Hertingfordbury .
10 At planning meetings with the senior management I often had to endure predictable little jokes about Andreas 's ‘ harem ’ , but I took them with a good grace .
11 I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves
12 The Legion was formed on 10 March 1831 by royal decree of Prince Louis-Philippe , who saw it as a good way of clearing Paris of undesirable elements and at the same time providing free labour to defend and build France 's new colonial empire .
13 Foolishly , I took it as a good sign .
14 The pluralist perspective on British politics was built up by political scientists who were predisposed to provide an account of interest-group politics which presented it in a good , democratic light .
15 People will argue that she did it as a good deed , in helping her husband 's friend .
16 He got the ends of the belt around his hands and wound them into a good , tight grip .
17 She was watching the chief inspector 's face as she said it , and she knew that he believed her , and accepted her as a good witness .
18 He acknowledged the dog 's overtures , but he eyed her with a good deal of concern .
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