Example sentences of "would [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the people doing it in these garages erm , you know like respraying and doing all the welding and everything , really he said some of the things they were doing if they did it legally they 'd make a good go of it |
| 2 | I do n't believe she 'd make a good mother for Kirsty . ’ |
| 3 | Do you think I 'd make a good do you think I 'd make a good director ? |
| 4 | a lovely course for re reflexology and one day , I went to Shambrook College and he said to me you 've got , you 've got a great feeling with your hands he said , you , you , you 'd make a good reflexology , but the courses were in Luton |
| 5 | He said show me how to carve , actually I bet he 'd make a good chef |
| 6 | You 'd make a good father , Rex . |
| 7 | We 'd want a good description to make sure the right property goes back to the right owner . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , ’ Gaily said , ‘ I 'd need a good photograph to work from . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like a good steak , cooked rare , and a drink . |
| 10 | You say that these books stand in their own right , and are important perhaps in the historical context of the development of the novel , but do they constitute what I 'd call a good read ? |
| 11 | We 'd have a good chance of overpowering them . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I thought we 'd have a good laugh when you came in , ’ she complained . |
| 13 | ‘ Just so that you 'd have a good excuse for keeping me a prisoner here ? ’ |
| 14 | Now once he got in for his half , half pint in , in the in the passage he 'd have , he 'd have a good swig and , and it was about when he 'd got to bottom of the glass put it down . |
| 15 | ( Jocularly ) Well , I 'd have a good look at your coins for a start ! |
| 16 | We 'd have a good time . " |
| 17 | Then I 'd have a good blast when I got home , like . |
| 18 | O ’ course I do n't want to exaggerate : now and then you 'd get sparks out of him — he 'd tell a good story , he 'd chat up one o' the lasses , or go to t'pub wi' the lads . |
| 19 | If I wanted to have something like that , I 'd get a good programmer in on the project . |
| 20 | She thought she 'd get a good mark . |
| 21 | ‘ I wish he would , if I 'd get a good price for it , ’ the man joked . |
| 22 | If she left a dictionary in the cupboard , by heaven , she 'd get a good game of Scrabble out of a can of alphabet soup . |
| 23 | Possibly they 'd find a good space , like a bridge , or a long low wall , to get all that in . |
| 24 | Port Vale 's John Rudge emerged last night as a possible successor to Dennis Rofe , while caretaker-manager Allison made it clear he would want a good back-up team if he is to resume a managerial career that ended in 1984 . |
| 25 | If you have an hour to spare every two weeks or so , and think you would make a good listener , our ‘ Caring Officer ’ would love to hear from you . |
| 26 | She had decided that either would make a good farmer 's wife . |
| 27 | She would make a good wife , when he decided to settle down . |
| 28 | That would make a good Adjournment debate . |
| 29 | How could I ever have thought La Tartine d'Albertine would make a good title ? he wrote . |
| 30 | In this way the man and his sheep may linger in our minds , even if we do not remember the economic difficulties so clearly — ‘ The Last of the Flock ’ would make a good title for a Victorian narrative painting . |