Example sentences of "be [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance .
2 As it is , having escaped this poisoned chalice and been given a good excuse to get rid of a woefully implausible leader , it is still very much in business to fight another day .
3 Marxism and Existentialism have exercised the greatest influence upon theology , while in addition the general question of how far theology should permit itself to be influenced by philosophy has also been given a good deal of attention .
4 ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’
5 There is no need to become over-anxious about the subject of diet for the elderly.We simply need to keep a careful eye on things , to see that they are eating a good variety of food which includes plenty of protein , dairy products and fresh fruit and vegetables , together with some roughage , which is often best taken in the form of a bran cereal , and which will , in many cases , completely eliminate the problem of constipation and ease that of piles .
6 Certainly , if you are eating a good diet , not smoking cigarettes , consuming little alcohol , are physically and mentally well , aged between 18 and 65 years , and not pregnant or breast-feeding , then you should not need any nutritional supplements .
7 I suggest , General , that if we are to secure a good working relationship , such remarks could be kept to a minimum ? ’
8 The single women who hitherto had been considered a good influence on the girls were relegated to obscurity whilst the married heterosexual women were left to emerge as the ( acceptable and healthy ) role models .
9 This is because a major aim of public sector housing policy has been to provide a good standard of accommodation usually for the less well-to-do who can not or do not wish to buy their own homes .
10 Both of these railways have been most co-operative and we are developing a good relationship with them to mutual advantage .
11 By getting used to eating oranges rather than drinking orange juice , eating apples rather than drinking apple juice , and so on , you are establishing a good habit which will help to control your weight in the future .
12 We might even have had a decent election and the country might have been saved a good deal earlier , but everyone knows that that is how we got here .
13 ‘ We are forming a good team , everyone is friendly and we are confident of success . ’
14 It means that , by a certain amount of fairly skilful organization over the year , you 're meeting a good cross-section of senior and middle management .
15 They 're doin' a good job all round .
16 How do you know you 're getting a good workout ?
17 ‘ Not too far when you 're having a good time .
18 In America , as long as you 're having a good time right now , it 's valid ; if in the next century it 's all forgotten , then that 's okay too .
19 We 're having a good time .
20 He says they 're having a good time .
21 He 's taking her out for meals and they 're having a good time together you know .
22 I mean , , but I 'd really , seriously wished I had said to the waiter , but obviously we 're having a good time .
23 But but no , you used to think they 're doing , you 're doing a good service are n't you ?
24 It 's the only way they can go around harassing and criminalizing black kids and think they 're doing a good job .
25 But from what I can gather from his scrawls you 're doing a good job . ’
26 So it 's easy for me to sit here and say , we think we 're doing a good job on the environment , because we 're not threatened , we do have to find ways round existing chemicals , we may have to pay , pay a higher price , but we 're not threatened in terms of the the core of our bottom line .
27 ‘ You 're doing a good job . ’
28 Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said .
29 They me , they 're doing a good job !
30 Oh you 're doing a good job there John .
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