Example sentences of "i [vb past] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became a good golfer , a one-handicapper , at the municipal course in Southport . |
| 2 | The following year he beat both Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in a 4–1 victory over Spain at Telford and said : ‘ I made a good start in the Cup so the first few matches will always stick in my mind . ’ |
| 3 | Lambert spent two days on trial with French giants Monaco this week and said : ‘ I think I made a good impression but I 'm quite happy to stay with Reading . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 6 | So I er when I said it to him , on top I made a good job I says . |
| 7 | For example , I had the privilege of visiting Australia last week , when I met a good friend of the hon. Member for Newham , North-East . |
| 8 | And he took me home , er he gave me a good talking to , and tell me dad , cos me , I nearly , I got a good hiding , was going to get a good hiding from me dad , until this policeman says , do n't worry , he says er , you wo n't hear anything about it . |
| 9 | I got a good look at it though while Murchison had it in his hands and then when it was lying there in the water just looking up at us all . |
| 10 | That disgusting hood you were wearing slipped , and I got a good look at the back of your head . |
| 11 | I got a good look at her , and the can . |
| 12 | This meant Sorley had to lean further out of the van to grab it and as the door opened wider I got a good look inside . |
| 13 | My father had gone bankrupt , and my mother was nearly penniless , but as a relative of Robert Barclay , I got a good bursary . |
| 14 | I said I got a good joke for you here , started to laugh and he said I ai n't said it yet ! |
| 15 | Lord Mount Charles tells me : ‘ For a first-timer I got a good result . |
| 16 | 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 . " |
| 17 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 18 | I had the opportunity to visit the north-west on Monday , where I found a good deal of buoyancy and confidence in the future of the north-west and of the country as a whole . |
| 19 | ‘ I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view . |
| 20 | With this in mind I phoned a good friend who runs a detector shop and asked whether he had any decent second-hand machines for sale of the same type as my old one . |
| 21 | I learnt a good deal from him . |
| 22 | I received a good deal from Northants , including a testimonial after just five years . |
| 23 | I holed a good putt for a birdie at the first hole and that set me up , ’ she said . |
| 24 | I spent a good while asking for something written down so that I could see what I was and was n't supposed to do , but that was a forlorn hope . |
| 25 | I covered a good deal of ground rapidly but not running and caught up with the shapely backview of a dark-haired girl . |
| 26 | ‘ As expected in such a long-established market noted for its love of Queen 's Ware , I examined a good deal of cream coloured earthenware of 19th and early 20th century origin , ’ said Lynn . |
| 27 | I needed a good secretary . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I knew I needed a good right to win . |
| 29 | Because I meant a good deal , as a matter of fact . |
| 30 | He had wanted to know if I knew a good cardiologist , because he had a granddaughter with a rare heart condition who needed an operation , or else in a year 's time she would have died . |