Example sentences of "good [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a more positive note , the electrics are very good for a guitar in this price range . |
| 2 | Madhouse ( 15 ) did n't set cinema audiences on fire but good for a night at home . |
| 3 | We had to go to Thetford for the judging , and although we were quite good for a school of Debenham 's size . |
| 4 | The most popular was undoubtedly the stripping policewoman or traffic warden — always good for a laugh among London 's paranoia-ravaged motorists . |
| 5 | they live in the , a beautiful house , a little house , old , very old and erm they always said there was a secret passage underneath and my , my uncle er used to er he used , he named , he named some locks , my uncle did a till lock and when I star began to work there er they were called Salmon Baits and er Mr said to me you know he said er it 's your un they used to call him Trot , my uncle , it 's your uncle Trot that named them and I said was it and it was a till lock and they could n't get them right er they were having trouble with these particular till locks , and er my uncle said to Mr when he went around they were having trouble and he said , all these locks all these things are good for a bait for Salmon and then they were called Salmon Bait and they were traded as Salmon Bait so |
| 6 | The library here is particularly good for a man of my tastes . ’ |
| 7 | No good for a man like Yanto , who loved the thrust and challenge of life . |
| 8 | By dint of a couple of birdies and a fortunate eagle on the long fourteenth hole , Jack was looking good for a share of the prize money . |
| 9 | He was running sixth and looking good for a point after a tense battle in the final laps when he span off the rain-soaked track on the last lap . |
| 10 | He was running sixth and looking good for a point after a tense battle in the final laps when he slid off the track on the last lap . |
| 11 | They met near Waterloo station because that was good for a train from Dartford . |
| 12 | It 's a great service and I 'm sure we 're going to do a lot of good for a lot of women , ’ says Amanda Ursell , a trained nutritionist on our panel . |
| 13 | It is not good for a player to be considered a poor sport . |
| 14 | ‘ You look much too good for a bunch of old policemen . ’ |
| 15 | The booking of leading amateur Marcus Armytage for Good For A Loan in the South-West Racecourses Handicap Hurdle promises to yield maximum dividends . |
| 16 | I know Liverpool are returning from the land of the lost and Aston Villa are looking good for a shot at the title . |
| 17 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 18 | While some workers believe that the best place for a child is within a family , and that it is better for a child to be placed transracially than to have no family , anxiety is increasing about the outcome of transracial placements . |
| 19 | Unwieldy it may be in certain respects , but it is surely better for a model of meaning destined to serve a descriptive as opposed to a theoretical study to err on the side of generosity of scope , rather than on the side of austerity . |
| 20 | Possibly this is why the argument as to whether it is better for a woman with young children to stay at home or go out to work goes round and round in circles . |
| 21 | Good as a trip to Tenerife , and a fraction of the cost . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Damage to coastal defences is estimated at a little under £2 million and this will be made good as a matter of urgency . |
| 23 | Funnily enough , I felt better after a couple of pints at a pub in Maida Vale ; you know , the trendy one among Guardian readers which has the really stupid long name and brews its own beer in the cellar . |
| 24 | Maybe she would feel better after a capful of the drink her mother disapproved of . |
| 25 | Sara felt better after a cup of tea . |
| 26 | Tony , ever sensible , ever the peacemaker , suggests that we were all tired , still are , and it might all look better after a cup of tea . |
| 27 | Kevin ( Macaulay Culkin ) manages to get the better of a couple of adult villains . |
| 28 | Frankie Dettori , smitten with his five-year-old mare , is expected to get the better of a battle for early supremacy with Willie Carson aboard inconsistent but occasionally very useful July Cup winner Hamas . |
| 29 | In practice , life is better with a mixture of work and leisure . |
| 30 | It sounds good in a variety of styles , and at this price you really ca n't go wrong . |