Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may be age , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm rather drawn to adversity and I like a good wash-out ; but nothing happens here except a steady loss of money . |
| 2 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 3 | That disgusting hood you were wearing slipped , and I got a good look at the back of your head . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm working on instinct , ’ he said thickly , ‘ but I 'm a fast learner , and I 've a good enough idea how to keep you in line . |
| 5 | " A good builder will be perfectly adequate , " Sara said , " and I know a good one in the town . |
| 6 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 7 | That was very interesting and I thought a good write up of and the things that he did , there to survive the World War Two and of course I go back to when the crews were formed and we flew together training at Pyo Texas and at er Dallasburgh , Tennessee and then from there went overseas , we went to er Scotville , Illinois and picked up new planes in Petermover and it was , we went to Stagen area . |
| 8 | Sir , I , and I suspect a good number of other readers , was surprised to read some of the comments in your feature on page one of the issue dated 20 September relating to the GCR Gala Weekend of 14/15 September . |
| 9 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So I just see myself passing through and meeting all these people along the way , like , and I have a good time . |
| 11 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 12 | And you had a good holiday did you ? |
| 13 | And you had a good ride over the weekend as well at Bellevue ? |
| 14 | And if you were lucky , and you got a good farmer , he 'd let you take one o what we call roasters , home . |
| 15 | ‘ Merymose was not a fool ; and you made a good impression when we first met . |
| 16 | ‘ Come on , Raff , ’ she told the ginger kitten , ‘ it 's just you and me now your brothers have found good homes , and you make a good hot-water bottle . ’ |
| 17 | There are no fees , and you collect a good rate of interest on the balance ; but you ca n't raise an overdraft . |
| 18 | Keep your exercises plain and simple , and you have a better chance of enjoying them , rather than looking on them as a burden . |
| 19 | There should not be too much uprooting , and you have a good chance of breeding as long as you do not overcrowd . |
| 20 | Sit it beside Donald Bennet and Bill Wallace 's Ski Mountaineering in Scotland guide and you have a good guide for every ski touring eventuality . |
| 21 | And you have a good right to be … because … ’ |
| 22 | Multiply me several times and you have a good idea of the sort of coverage this author of PN 's Trivial Pursuits column and Harvey Porlock of the Sunday Times will get . |
| 23 | ‘ Your Myra sounds very capable ; she said you were ahead with your designing and you have a good stock . |
| 24 | ‘ And you have a good nephew , Yussuf . |
| 25 | If you can clearly state what your objective is what you 're trying to persuade the audience to then everything you say supports that and you stand a better chance of being persuasive . |
| 26 | Her parents would as lief have me as Humphrey , and she 'd a good deal rather . ’ |
| 27 | Now , however , she had leisure to take in her surroundings , and she had a good look at an enormous house that she had barely glanced at before . |
| 28 | Derek really gave me some stick about my ‘ fan club , on the way home in the car ; he told my mum everything , and she had a good laugh , too . |
| 29 | I kept Joanna in commission , her food locker in the small cuddy where I both cooked and slept well stocked with keeping-stores , and she had a good reserve of fuel for the outboard . |
| 30 | ‘ And she had a good life , when all 's said . ’ |