Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone must be doing their housekeeping rather better at those hospitals , especially when one thinks of the help the Memorial Hospital gets from the WRVS and the Friends of the Hospital who raise a good deal of money and have done so for many years . |
| 2 | By the time of Jesus , those Jews who lived a good distance from Jerusalem were required only to make the pilgrimage at Passover . |
| 3 | ANYONE who appreciates a good ale is enjoying a fruity complexity of flavours . |
| 4 | There is far less of the mystification which can be attributed to the account of the troubles in Guerrillas : what we get is the mysterious politics of forest and township as observed by an outsider , by an African Asian who understands a good deal of what is going on . |
| 5 | Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude . |
| 6 | In these circumstances a PRO who has a good camera and who knows what he is doing may decide to take publicity shots of local events and newsworthy items such as new employees , new sports facilities or retirement presentations . |
| 7 | I 've already answered the underlying question , I do believe that they should have the maximum discretion and then they should be answerable for their decisions to their local electors who want a good police service and want a good education service and there is money there for them to do it if that is their wish . |
| 8 | This is hardly surprising amongst members of a profession who earn a good deal of their living by talking . |
| 9 | I suppose there are those who enjoy a good evening 's revising ; but there ca n't be many . |
| 10 | However , Dr Clarke was quoted as saying : ‘ There are BNP people who relish a good scrap but they are more than matched by militant left thugs . ’ |
| 11 | There are others who are not too worried about that , but who crave a good time . |
| 12 | And there is a high proportion of people who know a good deal about what they are looking at and may even have seen it before . |
| 13 | The priests of the old deities had emerged from the desert or from hiding in neglected provincial cities in Shemau and To-mehu , and established themselves again , without difficulty , the people grateful to have the old gods returned to them , who demanded no more than unquestioning duty , propitiation and sacrifice ; gods who did not require a man to think for himself ; gods who forgave sin if the price was right , and who guaranteed a good time in the Hereafter . |
| 14 | Paul the apostle gives us this assurance : ‘ He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 15 | I always pray with joy being confident of this , that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus . |
| 16 | ( Nirvana and grunge are really sideline interests for the soft crust , who like a good melody with their nasal , mockney invectives , and hence favour groups who are , at heart , folk groups . ) |
| 17 | Leonard 's overriding impression was of a stout man , reticent and somewhat withdrawn , at least introspective , who enjoyed a good laugh ; a proud member of the Royal Canadian Legion and its military traditions . |
| 18 | One example was of a graduate who enjoyed a good job with normal daytime hours . |
| 19 | ‘ And yet , ’ he said , ‘ I had a tenant who reclaimed a good part of it . |
| 20 | I must thank the judges who did a good job for us apart from three who entered , showed up for a while and were then missing when their turn was due . |
| 21 | Fighting , he says , is ‘ the real , highest , honestest business of every son of man ’ and he advises ‘ those young persons whose stomachs are not strong , or who think a good set-to with the weapons which God has given to us all , an uncivilized , unchristian , or ungentlemanly affair , just skip this chapter at once , for it wo n't be to their taste ’ . |
| 22 | Beside her , in earnest conversation with her , was a man of about twenty-six or -seven , who appeared a good deal more mature than the other male guests . |
| 23 | RAUNCHY EX-MODEL , 17 YEARS , looking for a gorgeous , mad lad who enjoys a good laugh and good dance at a ’ wild ’ club ’ So how about checking out a club one night in Nottingham/Derby/Leicester area followed by ’ a coffee ’ ! ' |
| 24 | The people who move a good deal are often described as being ‘ full of nervous energy ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ A pretty , happy girl , who likes a good time and a good laugh . ’ |
| 26 | Mr David Mellor , who had a good election campaign , has all the right qualifications to be an arts and heritage supremo — if such a role really deserves Cabinet status . |
| 27 | She went , moving like a sleepwalker past Ned O'Mara , who might even be in love with her , past the ginger-haired barmaid who would have been happy to settle for Ned and therefore hated her , past the mousy-haired barmaid who had a good man of her own and could therefore afford to pity her . |
| 28 | At least 2 shots hit the bar … one from strach who had a good strike which was going in … it hit a sunderland player and looped up … still going in it looked … but hit the corner of post and crossbar . |
| 29 | She knew nothing of financial matters and had acted quite reasonably in placing her trust and confidence in a motor trader who had a good reputation in the area . |
| 30 | This phrase is proved as at point 5 , but as the case depends on this point , such evidence is best given by a reliable witness who had a good view of the vehicles concerned . |