Example sentences of "put [pron] [prep] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pubs had begun hiring marquees to contain their overflow and they put them to good use by putting on entertainment — a disco , a barn dance or jazz music — on the Friday and Saturday evenings . |
| 2 | I believed I put them to good use against Pakistan . |
| 3 | He 's already put them to good use at Halifax Rugby League club where he enjoyed four years of success . |
| 4 | It spat a worrisome mixture of steam and flame out periodically and covered the bottom of the pans with black ooze , a treacly goo that got itself on to my pile jacket and put me in good humour for an hour or so . |
| 5 | Mike Woodhead studied soil-science in Holland and put it to good use when he purchased his wine estate . |
| 6 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 7 | The bill would give the service a ‘ new lease of life ’ and put it in good shape to provide an even better service by setting up a new system of financial management and creating new incentives to efficiency . |
| 8 | The trouble is we never stop long enough to put them to good use . |
| 9 | I came into a bit of money when my grandmother died and I decided to put it to good use . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 11 | Better performance in 1993 must be everybody 's objective and despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth that surrounds us there has been plenty happening in our Division in 1992 to put us in good shape for the challenge of 1993 . |
| 12 | Let me but get my hands on one of that grisly crew , and you 'll put me in better fettle than all the rest in the world . |
| 13 | But in today 's lean property market , homebuyers could start putting them to good use . |
| 14 | Response has been excellent and we are putting them to good use — please keep them coming ! |
| 15 | Though many were crumbling after the Second World War many owners are now putting them in good order . ’ |
| 16 | And it occu It seemed to me therefore that really one could only consider this level o at a strategic issue by looking at the quality of the existing landscape and it seems to me , if the proposition is that you should locate a new settlement to the erm North in the Ryedale sector , er of Greater York , then you 're effectively turning planning on its head because I think the usual approach is to try and steer development to less attractive areas rather than put them in better quality areas . |
| 17 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 18 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 19 | Give her some of her favourite grilled kidneys , it may put her in better humour . ’ |
| 20 | Kite had to win in New Orleans to be invited but could only manage joint 12th with Severiano Ballesteros , whose last round of 69 has also put him in good heart . |
| 21 | Nuclear energy has become an important tool for plant breeders and Russian horticultural researchers have been putting it to good use in their iris-breeding programmes . |
| 22 | Wombles are fictitious animals from a TV series noted for their cleanliness , and for cleaning up litter and putting it to good use . |
| 23 | " See you put it to good use . " |
| 24 | So it 's important that you know about your rainwater disposal system — so that you can either put it in good repair and keep it that way or safely replace an old system with a modern plastic one which will work properly . |
| 25 | Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use . |
| 26 | Secretary reports that he has already put it to good use . |
| 27 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 28 | They will generate a lot of revenue that will put us in good stead for the future . |
| 29 | This has put us in good heart for Leicestershire . ’ |