Example sentences of "be good [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want them to think we 're good enough to beat anyone , but we must keep our feet on the ground . |
| 2 | You 're good enough to eat ! ’ |
| 3 | He added : ‘ People from all over the country , people we have never heard of , have been good enough to sit down and write lengthy letters , to send flowers at great expense to a boy , just saying Tim Parry , Warrington , Cheshire , and it is getting to the house . |
| 4 | On another day , Leeds ' performance might have been good enough to claim some reward . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Hobden , this is Robert Sheldrake , who has been good enough to come with me , so you 'll have the benefit of two opinions . ’ |
| 6 | Since the argument ended , Mr. Beloff has been good enough to send us , by agreement with the other parties to Miss Calder 's application , extracts from the works of two legal historians who venture to express opinions on the legal position after 1873 . |
| 7 | Sir , — I congratulate you on the information you have been good enough to send me of your intention to publish a journal for Bishop 's Castle , and I beg leave to offer for your insertion a few remarks on what I think ought to interest your readers — the present position of the question of the extension of the line to your town . |
| 8 | She had n't been good enough to keep her plants alive . |
| 9 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
| 10 | Certainly so far as we are concerned we would completely recognise your position and we are in fact , since your position is shared by several other experts in their respective fields who have been good enough to assist us in this venture , doing our very best to see that the names of those who are taking part in the policy study groups do not become public property . |
| 11 | But if you start making proposals to Martha Pascoe on the strength of the fortune I been good enough to share with you , you can think again , 'cos you 'll have Harry Pascoe to content with . |
| 12 | Though small in size and numbers , Border has from time to time been good enough to thump the New Zealand All-Blacks and the British Lions at rugby , and to produce such cricketers as Peter Kirsten , Hylton Ackerman , Ken McEwan and the brothers Greig . |
| 13 | If we had been aware of the remarks , I suppose it might have been better not to have made the appointment . ’ |
| 14 | around about it , like whether we liked it or not , whether he was , it was a good thing to have had it , we should have been better not to have had it with the situation at the time , you know , that kind of mulling over might be |
| 15 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
| 16 | I felt afterwards it would have been better not to make such an effort to finish it all . |
| 17 | It would have been better just to let the natural reaction show through . |
| 18 | She knows I am good enough to make it , you have just got to believe in yourself . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The dear soul wishes to be in the theatre , ’ he told me , ‘ and her legs are good enough to allow me to encourage that ambition , though doubtless at the risk of slipping a disc or two in my back . |
| 20 | The players we have are good enough to do well without people like him . |
| 21 | The products are good enough to need little in the way of revamping and apart from the odd addition to the range or a change of packaging little of any interest happens to the product . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , assistant manager Terry McDermott claimed Newcastle are good enough to take on the Premier League now and still be winners . |
| 23 | Dorigo and Sharp are good enough to cover the left back slot . |
| 24 | Now it seems to me in some respects the gulf is pretty wide and therefore can only do that if Noble Lords are good enough to try and sort of meet the divide . |
| 25 | Most of those seasons have involved a struggle against relegation and , while they have been lucky to survive some , this team are good enough to stay up . |
| 26 | And manager Ian Porterfield said : ‘ I think we are good enough to stay up there . |
| 27 | That 's why Max is totally into it and will go for it like a madman if he knows that the guys playing are good enough to get it . |
| 28 | ‘ It may happen anyway — Portsmouth are good enough to get promotion this year and we 've had a number of really impressive wins . ’ |
| 29 | But if we can win decent possession those backs are good enough to run through New Zealand 's defence . ’ |
| 30 | It 's a big temptation because I still believe four or five of us are good enough to think about playing for Wales . |