Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we could n't go ashore until it got better ad then we went round the cape after and down into Aberdeen see . |
| 2 | A dismissal may be unfair either because it was procedurally arbitrary or because it lacked good cause . |
| 3 | The BBC says it chose Stewart Park , Middlesbrough , for a Bank Holiday special because it offered better car parking than parks in Stockton , while Stockton did not have an auditorium to compare with the size of Middlesbrough Town Hall . |
| 4 | I prefer white bread myself , because it makes better toast , but I always get a brown sliced for the cat which likes a little bit of butter with it . |
| 5 | The large , cheerful village of As Cain is an excellent first taste of this lushly rural hinterland and , although still almost at sea level , a possible place to stay , because it has good hotels set where village hotels ought to be , in the main square . |
| 6 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 7 | She says as I say I 'll have to wait and see what she says , because she said , you know when weather gets better , oh I says you 're better off waiting while it gets better weather |
| 8 | While it shows good compliance with screening and good acceptability , it can not address the fundamental question relating to this particular screening programme — that is , whether people who are positive on screening benefit from detection and elective treatment . |
| 9 | Timothy crossed the car-park , glad that the publican was whistling since it suggested good humour . |
| 10 | Whether it makes good history or not is another matter . |
| 11 | Time itself is finite — a government will not devote it to passing less desirable and more controversial laws when it has better things to do with its time . |
| 12 | Jones 's book remained untouched on the shelves of Northumbria 's modest library in its first two years , even though it had good reviews ; and the influence of his research has been all but negligible . |
| 13 | And something I have not seen anywhere else , though it makes good sense , is that in these mainly narrow streets , the shops have their signs strung out at right-angles across the way so that you can stand at one end and read their names from there , without having to go down to look at them one by one . |