Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | This breed can live to 14 years of age , so giving an adult a home should still promise a good few years of companionship . |
| 2 | While the kick is being executed the hands should always maintain a good , high-guard position , as a defence against a counter-strike should the kick be blocked or misdirected . |
| 3 | We must also demonstrate a good track record . |
| 4 | Candidates must also have a good career record and present a career plan that demonstrates the relevance of the DBA . |
| 5 | Candidates must also have a good career record and present a career plan that demonstrates the relevance of the DBA . |
| 6 | We should then have a better idea about the Gold Cup . |
| 7 | Those of you who are keen to learn how to fall over without hurting yourself ( usually ) should again find a good judo class ( see page 121 ) . |
| 8 | You may already have a good idea , when planning your new kitchen , of the type of operation you want , but unless you have previous experience of designing a kitchen , there could be problems in store . |
| 9 | There have been miracles at Aintree before , and Ghofar , fit and fresh , may just have a better each-way chance than his odds of 33–1 suggest . |
| 10 | That 's for live ; in the studio we 'll just use a good microphone in front of the f-hole ! |
| 11 | I 'll probably make a better job of it than you would . ’ |
| 12 | That that 's not much but if it 's if it 's I mean if it 's not padded out with waffle and drivel cos you I mean if it 's a good ti concise answer that 'll probably get a good mark . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll also need a better cover story , ’ he added , ‘ if you 're going to be seen around with Hurley and his crowd . |
| 14 | Apart from a strong pair of legs you 'll also need a good dictionary to decipher the route names . |
| 15 | Now um I suppose in that context um one of the things that makes this perhaps rather difficult to understand is the way in which y'know kind of when you look at children playing , when you talk to children , they 'll often express a good deal of curiosity about sexuality um both to each-other and to adults . |
| 16 | Sid Watkins is a good bloke , who knows , we might even get a better deal with the fish . ’ |
| 17 | Looked as though she might well make a good Vicar 's wife . ’ |
| 18 | A mixture of consultation and internal management control might well prove a better starting point . |
| 19 | might well enjoy a good rubdown and a massage . |
| 20 | He used it to attack paternalistic officialdom and to articulate demands for social progress : ‘ I 'd tell people to forget their old ordinary life because ultimately , anyhow , we 'll either have a better life than that , or bust . ’ |
| 21 | It might otherwise cost a good deal of money to do this . |
| 22 | It wo n't buy the rest of your life , but it 'll certainly fund a good time . |
| 23 | He might never have a better chance . |
| 24 | You 'll have to marry sometime and you 'll never get a better offer than this . |
| 25 | Want to sing with a high pitched voice , you 'll never have a better chance . |
| 26 | I suggested that he might like to go and have a talk with his crew , I did not want to send him back to his squadron , but with a new navigator I believed he could eventually forge a good Pathfinding crew . |
| 27 | They had four children and not much income and in those days believed like the rest of the middle class that they could only find a good education for their boy at an independent fee-paying school . |
| 28 | Mr Grey 's enthusiasm and energy for the entrepreneurial challenge was contagious , but one could nevertheless feel a good few heels digging in among the bookselling purists at the idea of running a hairdresser . |
| 29 | But from a dis if I could just get a good you know one of these really warm days . |
| 30 | Erm wi if you had the accommodation of both houses downstairs , you 'd have you 'd easily have a good size sitting room . |