Example sentences of "they [verb] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them became good Americans . |
| 2 | Despite some unavoidable differences between the theoretical and actual pendulums , the phenomena exhibited by them show good correspondence . |
| 3 | Call the guard , let them take good care of him , he 's a desperate firebrand . ’ |
| 4 | This information is also of interest to all engineers to help them encourage good practice approaches to the identification and assessment of risk issues . |
| 5 | They made good progress and some were soon scaling the dominating ridge leading to Chunuk Bair . |
| 6 | Miss Tuckey said they made good agents . |
| 7 | I do n't think she approved of such stunts , whether or not they made good television . |
| 8 | They made good time thereafter , considering the darkness , encountering no problems . |
| 9 | They had their moments of flair but they wasted good midfield work with speculative shots into the stand . |
| 10 | Local large employers could also be encouraged to establish departments providing work experience for people with long-term disabilities , provided they received financial incentives in the form of capital grants and revenue support : employers should not be expected to provide charitable funds or investment , although they can provide an atmosphere of tolerance , access for sheltered workers to the benefits which other employees enjoy ( such as sports and canteen facilities ) , and a willingness to consider these supported workers for more general employment if they make good progress . |
| 11 | Now things like erm , well one of my old favourites Arran Pilot i if you dig it out when it 's young , then of course it stays as it should , cos it 's a very very waxy potato but , but I can remember growing varieties like Majestic and things like that and I mean they would never fall , they would never fall in the water but they make good chips er of the modern varieties I think I 'd go for er Kondor with a K er which is a very very good potato and does stay as it is i in the ground but one other thing I think also comes into it . |
| 12 | They make good pot plants and the flowers have particularly attractive markings . |
| 13 | When planted in threes or fives they make good clumps to grow and flower above other plantings . |
| 14 | Good cats keep the 'ome free from rodents an' they make good pets . |
| 15 | They make good employees for ‘ us ’ : a transfer has now occurred , for the pronoun now refers to commercial enterprises , financed by the World Bank . |
| 16 | ‘ He says they should save old newspapers because , I quote , ‘ folded up tight they make good logs for the fire and , in extremis ’ — that 's what he says , the fucker , in extremis — ‘ they make better insulation than wool . ’ ‘ |
| 17 | Thus it would be perfectly possible for a sexist to argue from the very findings reported in this chapter that women make poor leaders and high-pressure salespersons because of their lack of assertiveness , whereas they make good carers ( nurses , home helps and so on ) because of their sensitivity to the needs of other people in conversation . |
| 18 | Nor are there any madrigalian extravagances in Hassler 's madrigals ; they make good use of antiphony between higher and lower voice-groups as in the openings of ‘ Ach Schatz , ich thu dir klagen ’ and ‘ Fahr hin , guts Liedelein ’ ; but they lack rhythmic spring . |
| 19 | They expect good law that makes sense for business and they expect it to be applied uniformly across the Community , both by implementation and by proper enforcement . |
| 20 | Both the ones where they did it right , they maintained good eye contact with the person they were trying to persuade . |
| 21 | They are the most efficient in Europe , and they supply good quality produce and make a large contribution of £3.5 billion to the balance of payments . |
| 22 | In the case of the 1,800 which Book Trust received for this year 's Smarties Prize , they found good homes . |
| 23 | They provide good care , love , and stimulation but may have difficulty with one or two specific areas of behaviour problem , for example sleep problems , toilet training . |
| 24 | IBM 's RS/6000 products and also its AS/400 line ( despite proprietary software and other distinctions ) can not continue to succeed unless they provide good value for money along with the comfort of the IBM logo . |
| 25 | More fundamentally , managed competition and the new system of contract funding means that clinicians and managers have a common interest in demonstrating to purchasers that they provide good quality , cost-effective care . |
| 26 | If you must , kiss them once on the forehead when they say good night . |
| 27 | And did they do good business at the er Longeaton |
| 28 | Pastures in the Auvergne uplands of Puy-de-Dome and Cantal appear to be heavily used by birds of prey , indicating that they support good populations of small mammals and birds which in itself indicates that the majority are agriculturally unimproved . |
| 29 | They speak good English and will look after you . |
| 30 | And they 'd good neighbours as well . |