Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday Trevor , a former science teacher at Staindrop Comprehensive , near Darlington , said : ‘ Because I want to keep good relations with my customers I decided to give full refunds to all 147 people who had tickets . ’ |
| 2 | The thing is , if I 'm going to start my own business one day , I want to get good experience working for the best … so I do n't care whether I 'm answering the phone or working in their library . |
| 3 | I hope to make good friends with them . |
| 4 | ‘ I try to help good people , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I keep hearing good reports about that . |
| 6 | Many of the tankbusters I keep enjoy good relationships with a variety of companion fish . |
| 7 | I 've seen better men than you think they could handle the drink and end up in the gutter with a bottle of the fortified wine . ’ |
| 8 | But I 've heard good reports |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I 'm hoping I 've made good use of them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But only after I 've made good use of them ! ’ |
| 11 | I 've had good Christmases since but it 's a feeling I can not shed . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've had better days ! ’ he drawled . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've had better tarts , ’ he said , and , walking to the door as she struggled into a sitting position , trying to restore her ruined self , for at some time she must leave the room and face her shattered world , he flung her his final insult . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've known better ones , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I 've thrown better punches . |
| 16 | Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees . |
| 17 | I 've got good teeth so why not show them ? |
| 18 | But I 've got good news , lass ! ’ |
| 19 | I 've got good news — guess what ? ’ |
| 20 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |
| 21 | I 've got better copies of the blank B one , but the handout is getting rather Right so if we 're looking at , we 'll complete the B one . |
| 22 | I 've got better odds than I 'd get at Russian roulette — twenty to one , at least . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got better things to do . ’ |
| 24 | I 've got better things to do . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got better things to worry about , ’ said my mother , not letting us forget for a moment her onerous wedding duties . |
| 26 | I 've got better things to do . ’ |
| 27 | Like Councillor , personally I 've got better things to do , like being at home . |
| 28 | personally I 've got better things to do , like being at home . |
| 29 | I 've got better things to do with my time than speculate on men who look like pirates and have eyes like Lucifer . |
| 30 | I said I 've got better things to do than talk about you Lynn . |