Example sentences of "a good [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In The Old Curiosity Shop little Nell tentatively asks if she and her grandfather may rest in one of a ‘ cluster of labourer 's huts ’ , a good five miles from the nearest town or village . |
| 32 | Wallace had a good Five Nations championship , while his performances in Ireland 's marvellous World Cup Sevens run at Murrayfield will have done his prospects of a tour blazer no harm . |
| 33 | The sergeant had expected her to be taller , instead of a good nine inches shorter than Blanche . |
| 34 | Well he is n't that much but he 's a good nine years . |
| 35 | Must ‘ ave been a good nine months back , not that long after you left for the front , come to think of it . ’ |
| 36 | One of them even took off to perch indignantly on a rooftop a good sixty yards away . |
| 37 | But the Greens are still a good 5-8 points ahead of the Front in the opinion polls . |
| 38 | He hit his drive a good 340 yards to find the fairway , invisible from the tee . |
| 39 | Indeed , it would have had to have begun much earlier , her grandchildren 's school being a good fifteen minutes ' walk away , on the other side of West End Lane . |
| 40 | ‘ Nobody 's been past here for a good fifteen minutes , ’ said Malpass suddenly . |
| 41 | An iron ladder descends this accidental chasm from the nave roof , but it stops a good fifteen feet above the moss-feather-and-shit-covered earth . |
| 42 | I wondered how Harley would relish a putt back over Jefferson 's footprint — a substantial one since he was a good fifteen stones in weight — if the putt hit the hole and bounced left . |
| 43 | 5 You can take the Braun Plaque Remover on holiday — one night of recharging gives you a good 10 days of power if you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes . |
| 44 | In my office the majority of female employees are under 25 and , at 50 , I am a good 10 years older than any other woman in the building . |
| 45 | The ribs should be barbecued well away from direct heat for a good two hours — begin basting with sauce only during the last 15–20 minutes of cooking , otherwise the sauce will taste bitter . |
| 46 | In addition , the murder took place a good two hours after the window was closed . ’ |
| 47 | The gig sold out months ago and , despite EMF 's claims to be moving away from the teeny audience , Silverfish are forced to open the show a good two hours earlier than normal to accommodate the expected exodus of punters heading for an early bedtime . |
| 48 | He was still a good two hours from being drunk and even then he would probably manage to drive home without attracting unwanted attention . |
| 49 | Which he did , a good two feet clear of the gaping open ditch which lay on the blind side of the hedge . |
| 50 | But she was reassured when Ianthe came into the room , and her observant eye took in every detail of Ianthe 's ladylike but hardly fashionable appearance-the hair smooth and neat , gathered into a little roll at the back — the dress of a rather uninteresting shade of blue , with the skirt a good two inches too long by Penelope 's standards — the stockings with seams , and the shoes with sensible heels and rounded toes . |
| 51 | Cordoba had clearly cried enough a good two furlongs from the finish as first Batzushka and then Balla Cove set a furious pace which resulted in a time that equalled the course record by a two-year-old over six furlongs . |
| 52 | They must have gone a good two miles before they met another car . |
| 53 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 54 | At one stroke , Revell has increased the ‘ free ’ area of the neck by a good two frets , while incorporating a smooth curve from the heel into the cutaway . |
| 55 | gon na be a good two days |
| 56 | EVER since Mikhail Gorbachev launched his concept of a Common European Home , a good two years ago , there has been discussion about the shape and content of such a dwelling . |
| 57 | The US Big Six have been noticeably slow to take action against the ‘ litigation epidemic ’ that has been threatening the stability of their business for a good two years . |
| 58 | It will take a good two years to get over it . |
| 59 | It rose , a good eight feet in height , a shimmering energy body pulsating with pure malignant evil . |
| 60 | That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence . |