Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 2 | He 'd keep it in good order from now on . |
| 3 | It was provided and further agreed that the widow would pay to the executors ‘ the sum of £1 yearly , towards the ground-rent , payable in respect of the said dwelling house , ’ and would keep it in good repair . |
| 4 | A varied diet of earthworms , aquatic insects , shrimps , small fish and tablet foods will keep it in good health . |
| 5 | She had a strong sense of the dramatic , and could use it to good effect when occasion demanded . |
| 6 | They 'll keep us in good standing with the king still . |
| 7 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 8 | ‘ I keep telling myself that it will stand me in good stead when I 'm about 40 and doing my first Isolde ! ’ |
| 9 | To me it is a worthwhile occupation and one which I am convinced will stand me in good stead for the rest of my life . ’ |
| 10 | Still , I 'd always tried hard to be a good golfer , and playing off three handicap I knew would stand me in good stead . |
| 11 | And I 've been the leader of of that party for the last four and half years , I am ready to step down from that , and ready to take up this challenge , and I believe that those experiences , and what I 've done there , will stand me in good stead . |
| 12 | I 'm therefore doubly grateful to you for giving me the chance to meet you today , and I hope that some of the contacts I might make today will stand me in good stead in the job that I 'm doing in Oxford over the next year or so . |
| 13 | Neither has previously managed anything very much before , although I 'm sure their vital experience as successful footballers in the Seventies ( opening boutiques ) will stand them in good stead . |
| 14 | I will feed them in good pasture and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel , there they will lie down in good grazing ground , and they will feed in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel . |
| 15 | Developing such skills will stand you in good stead for when some stressful situation occurs to which you would normally respond by eating a box of chocolates or downing four or five gin and tonics or glasses of beer . |
| 16 | Steel or silver , clean cut contemporary or simply traditional , a good set of cutlery will stand you in good stead for years to come . |
| 17 | However , it is one that , if you take the trouble to learn properly , will stand you in good stead . |
| 18 | DESPITE all the planetary ups and downs , the loyalty of friends will stand you in good stead . |
| 19 | Here are some further areas in which you may well have experience and that would stand you in good stead with a prospective employer . |
| 20 | It will stand you in good stead throughout your life because effective note-taking is as important in business as it is to study . |
| 21 | If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career . |
| 22 | Because the subject is practically useful and will stand you in good stead when you set out on your chosen career . |
| 23 | Learn to overcome your shyness : it will stand you in good stead for the rest of your life . |
| 24 | That does n't stand you in good stead . |
| 25 | ‘ His investigative talent , which he displayed in this instance , will no doubt stand him in good stead in the future and I hope that he will have a long and distinguished career , ’ he said . |
| 26 | He may be an unlikely civil servant , but his qualities should stand him in good stead for the job of producing a national strategy for the NHS 's science . |
| 27 | Habits of good manners , honesty and consideration for others , which a child acquires by imitating the good examples set by his parents , will stand him in good stead all his life . |
| 28 | Jack too , was interested in attempting the flight , perhaps he was more confident than anyone else , his long distance flying experience would certainly stand him in good stead . |
| 29 | He himself spent hours in the chapel reserved for cadets , praying to the image of Rogal Dorn , and to the Emperor , attempting to recapture the moment when he had flown through fire , sure that this would stand him in good stead in battle . |
| 30 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |