Example sentences of "[vb pp] a good [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have enjoyed a good run since the general election and a second wave of buying should take the shares higher in the new year . |
| 2 | He is considered a good listener and a effective operator . |
| 3 | In Celtic countries it was always considered a good omen if one of these cats decided to settle in the home . |
| 4 | The police have done a good job but it 's very difficclt unless you catch them with a box of matches . |
| 5 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 6 | She thinks the Board has done a good job and what would it be replaced with ? |
| 7 | She said er did she go to your mum , Oh you 've done a good job and |
| 8 | And if we put a little bit more effort into specifying requirements more tightly , then there 'd be less argument at the end of the day as to whether we 've done a good job or a bad job . |
| 9 | Whether they , they feel , they feel better and whether that 's because the nurses have done a good job or not . |
| 10 | He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through . |
| 11 | My voice had risen a good half-octave and my hands were waggling around on the end of my arms as though I was trying to shake off bits of Sellotape . |
| 12 | I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch . |
| 13 | But erm , it 's , it 's terrifying , and when we get , as and Jack 's made a good point and , and it is a good one , that perhaps if we spent only half a day when somebody joins the depot and said to them , this is the geography of our depot , and this is where everywhere is , and this is how you get from one side of it to the other . |
| 14 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |
| 15 | Erm , and Penguin U S again have er , made a good start and the one area , David can talk about this better than I , but the one area that er , where there is an upturning in business activity and mo promise have come into the U S A. |
| 16 | Alison spent 17 days in hospital after the shooting , but has made a good recovery and is back home in Trimdon Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough . |
| 17 | Whereas a woman who dies before her husband is considered to have made a good death and her body is decked in a married woman 's finery , one who survives her husband is somehow always blamed for his death and must never put on finery again as a penance . |
| 18 | That would worry me if I was a Labour Party member because you have got a good case but you are not putting it across in a way that convinces doctors themselves . |
| 19 | Oh yes , I mean if there 's that you 're good at or if you 've got a good idea that 's simply fun I 'm sure all young people would be really willing to help . |
| 20 | I 've got a good idea and this time it 'll work . ’ |
| 21 | " She 's a dirty old faggot , but she 's got a good heart when you know where to look for it . " |
| 22 | It 's talking about how Helen kisses and she 's got a good figure and she 's got good teeth and |
| 23 | I 've got a good job and , although I 'm not going out with anybody right now , I have a lot of close friends . |
| 24 | He 's got a good job and mine ai n't that bad . |
| 25 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 26 | But like erm my mum was saying , you know she 's like she 's got a , definitely got a good job and like , the kids really sort of |
| 27 | Well in the war five pounds a week was extraordinary money , cos they used to say a fella had got a good job if he was getting five pounds a week in those days , so that when I started work first I , I was getting fifteen shillings a week , so you can understand that seventy five pence today , at fourteen . |
| 28 | Brian Horton says they 're really looking forward to it … it 's going to be a tough season … but they 've got a good team and are going to play adventerous football |
| 29 | Now that 's partly due to having got a good result and performance , but more so because of the feeling of togetherness we now have in the squad . |
| 30 | He obviously likes Jimmy Page and it 's pretty easy to tell where he 's coming from , but he 's got a good sound and it 's really fresh . |