Example sentences of "a good boy " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a good boy . ’ |
| 2 | Our STAR letter wins a Good Boy hamper full of doggie goodies , and every letter published will win a special golden bone award . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's a good boy . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Pick them up , there 's a good boy , ’ said his Mum , picking up the cutting nearest to her , a half page of photos of houses for sale . |
| 5 | Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’ |
| 6 | Our STAR letter wins a Good Boy hamper full of doggie goodies , and every letter published will win a special Golden Bone Award . |
| 7 | He was a good boy , so happy and carefree , and what an end ! |
| 8 | Stay pretty , there 's a good boy . |
| 9 | If we command our dog to sit and he responds , we then pat him and tell him what a good boy he is . |
| 10 | ‘ If he 's a good boy I might make him Chairman of the board of Ferguson Foods ! |
| 11 | ‘ My Enrico is a good boy though sometimes he not do good things . |
| 12 | Incorrect response : ‘ Yes , if you 're a good boy . ’ |
| 13 | When Mrs Jones says : ‘ My Johnny is really a good boy but got to running around with the wrong bunch and got into trouble ’ , she is making a set of assumptions which , when spelled out more explicitly , constitute the foundations of an important school of thought in the scientific study of juvenile delinquency . |
| 14 | ‘ If I buy you sweeties , will you be a good boy , and stop crying ? ’ |
| 15 | Has my wee china been a good boy ? |
| 16 | I made a silent vow : ‘ Mum , if you will please , do n't die … never leave us … then I promise , from my heart , to be a good boy always . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're a good boy . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Allie 's a good boy , but he dresses up a lot , does n't he ? ’ |
| 19 | Now , be a good boy and run along- ’ |
| 20 | Our STAR letter wins a Good Boy hamper full of doggie goodies , and every letter published will win a special Golden Bone Award . |
| 21 | We 're all horrified by one another , we humans , and there 's an end to it , but I shall be a good boy and sit quietly stroking Hosanna who is , when all 's said and done , my only true friend . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Do be a good boy , Conrad . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Be a good boy , wo n't you ? |
| 24 | With me he 's a good boy , ’ she said . |
| 25 | So be a good boy and remove the masking tape from your hamster 's mouth and zip up your little trousers . ’ |
| 26 | They say he should have waited around like a good boy , taken a few duff , even Duff fights , and he would have been rewarded in due course by boxing 's power brokers . |
| 27 | ‘ It wants you to tell it it 's a good boy … |
| 28 | His mother was advised to make her signal much more definite — ‘ You are a good boy for getting dressed nicely — you have a good game with your X now ’ . |
| 29 | General statements like ‘ You are a good boy ’ , ‘ That 's really nice ’ , ‘ That 's right ’ can comment on what the child has just done . |
| 30 | At other times more precise feedback is valuable ‘ Thank you for putting your toys away ’ , ‘ What a good boy for coming when I called ’ . |