Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd vote for anyone who 'd promise to provide a good road link between Hereford and the motorway . |
| 2 | For added security , you should consider fitting a good quality deadlock and an alarm . |
| 3 | Should you consider consulting a good accountant , stockbroker or other professional adviser ? |
| 4 | Local firms will need to have a good grasp of the challenges or threats that 1992 will bring , to have a good feel for which sectors and industries locally will be most affected when the barriers come down . |
| 5 | On arrival at Newcastle station he told reporters : ‘ I hope my boys will give United a good game ’ — but beyond that he was ‘ courteously discreet and silent ’ . |
| 6 | If the duty is unexcludable Elvis would appear to have a good chance of success . |
| 7 | Therefore XY Ltd would appear to have a good title to the goods one way or another . |
| 8 | The organisation making the most economic use of nurses may expect to have a good proportion of its staff on part-time contracts . |
| 9 | Do you want to hear a good joke ? |
| 10 | I hear you 've got a good voice . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I WOULD like to see a good sports journalist reporting on the House of Commons ’ — Kate Hoey , Labour MP and Arsenal supporter . |
| 12 | If wished the dealer will then work to get a good price for the car , the benefit of which is passed on . |
| 13 | I 'd like to have a good head on me . |
| 14 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 15 | Is it really feasible that at the sort of level that 's being talked about , be it your level or the level being put forward by some of the objectors to the structure plan , the new settlement could actually hope to provide a good level of comparison shopping , for example ? |
| 16 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 17 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 18 | By then it will have developed a good root system and the new plant can be severed from the parent plant and replanted . |
| 19 | To do so , they will have to issue a good deal more paper than they would normally like . |
| 20 | Had you said this first instead of producing emotional gush about the hospital 's welfare , we could have saved a good deal of time . |
| 21 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 22 | You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood . |
| 23 | I was deter , you see I , I have to set a good example to Neil . |
| 24 | He would have made he would have made a good Sun journalist . |
| 25 | I would n't have made a good martyr , for the frown of the tyrant alarmed me more than the threat of wild beasts or the rack . |
| 26 | Good Money would have made a good short , with a budget of , say , £75,000 . |
| 27 | She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung . |
| 28 | Had I known that the previous year , I could have made a good case to contest the abolition of my old job . |
| 29 | But Jan Peerce makes a very coarse and unromantic Alfredo , and Licia Albanese , who might have made a good shot at the role of Violetta under more sympathetic direction , sounds particularly nervous and unsettled . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I 'm sorry too , we could have made a good team , in business at least , though I realize we could never be friends or anything of that sort , but I 'm convinced it could have worked . |