Example sentences of "and [vb past] the good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days of classical agriculture , breeders and stud farmers tricked and cajoled the best features out of many species , focusing on the most economically viable lines for cattle , sheep , pigs and poultry . |
| 2 | How would you feel if you knitted yourself a nice little doll , out of the most expensive yarn you could buy , and spent the best years of your life working on it to make it as perfect as you could — then it suddenly got up and walked away and turned into something different ? ’ |
| 3 | He also ( at any rate while writing the first part of his book ) admired the young Charles , who consulted with his nobles and followed the good counsels of bishops . |
| 4 | Gan played Nintendo and his gal ran and grabbed the best tent site . |
| 5 | However , for the last three seasons they 've been disappointed — unless like me , they were lucky enough to chance a late holiday and hit the best powder of the season . |
| 6 | ‘ So he came in with me , into the business , ’ said Mrs F. , ‘ and brought the best part of a blessed fairground with him . |
| 7 | One day when this happened , Dinah , exasperated , turned round and slapped the good lady 's face . |
| 8 | Spooner picked up on this idea and thought the best way to do it would be as an extended Perils of Pauline -type adventure , complete with ‘ How are they going to get out of that ? ’ endings . |
| 9 | The Whigs were firmly committed to the European alliance , and thought the best way to prosecute the war effort was through a full continental campaign . |
| 10 | There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 . |
| 11 | When there was no further hope , Saga contacted you and offered the best alternative it could find at short notice and , as that was not acceptable , refunded your money in line with their contractual obligations to you . |
| 12 | These men will live forever in the legends of Rentokil cricket , for on a Sunday at the beginning of September at Felcourt Cricket Ground , they took on and conquered the best teams that Rentokil could offer . |
| 13 | I went out and bought the best turntables I could afford . |
| 14 | I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks . |
| 15 | He had been a successful prize fighter at the time and had the good sense to buy the Blue Boar from the proceeds of the noble art . |
| 16 | After a short time Blackberry announced , " We 've asked Hazel to tell you about our adventures : how we made our journey here and had the good luck to join you . " |
| 17 | Mainly because the stewards had become involved in the incentive er scheme working er and had the best idea you know of how to set times and tooling and everything else . |
| 18 | Yet we defended well and had the best first-half chance . |
| 19 | The Stock Markets shrugged off yesterday 's worries and staged the best rise for more than 5 weeks . |
| 20 | Elf astrologers and geomancers studied the portents to divine the best time for the new king to begin his reign , and calculated the best time for him to pass through the flame . |