Example sentences of "you [verb] [be] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when you get what you think is a good answer make sure it is substantiated . |
| 2 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 3 | He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’ |
| 4 | You 've been a good lodger and paid regular , and I 'm sorry about it ; but there it is , Mr Arkwright . |
| 5 | You 've been a good wife , Elaine . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been a good son to me , ’ the old man said . |
| 7 | You can have a biscuit if you 've been a good boy . |
| 8 | You 've been a good boy ! |
| 9 | You going to tell daddy you 've been a good boy today ? |
| 10 | You have been a good friend to me when there was no one else ; and you have given me back my health . |
| 11 | ‘ ' Shortly after he looked me full in the face and said , ‘ You have been a good father to me and I am persuaded we shall meet again in heaven |
| 12 | Few fields are perfect and all you need is a good sized field with a level or uphill gradient and a good surface . |
| 13 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
| 14 | ‘ You talk about getting a job — but what you need is a good long rest . |
| 15 | What you need is a good stiff drink inside you , to warm you up . ’ |
| 16 | " I expect what you need is a good curetting . " |
| 17 | Right so all you need is a good saw and a ha , ten Irish navvies . |