Example sentences of "good the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his neighbour , or whose mine is flooded by the water from his neighbour 's reservoir , or whose cellar is invaded by the filth of his neighbour 's privy , or whose habitation is made unhealthy by the fumes and noisome vapours of his neighbour 's alkali works , is damnified without any fault of his own ; and it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbour , who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there , harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property , but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour 's , should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property . |
| 2 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 3 | then we got the new front door so only Betty now has got er , a spare backdoor key which was n't much good the day I bolted the door into the kitchen ! |
| 4 | It is no good the person who gave the order later complaining ‘ But I meant you to do so-and-so ’ . |
| 5 | Niamh 's victory came in a nail-biting final moment of the competition against Britain 's Sonia with Better The Devil You Know . |
| 6 | In both instances it was a case of better the devil you know … |
| 7 | but nevertheless it 's better the devil you know ! |
| 8 | ‘ I think this room was better the way it was before . |
| 9 | Overwhelmed by Pamella 's beauty , she remembers what Mark Boxer once said to her : ‘ Darling , you are much better the way you are now ; at 40 even the most beautiful women fall apart . ’ |
| 10 | it may be flattering to be taken for the head of the firm if you are not , but it is not good business , and sound progress can not be made with anyone on a false footing , in fact , it must be obvious that the greater the respect you hold and encourage towards any of your seniors , the better the position they will be in to assist you in any difficulties which may arise . |
| 11 | The more openly you and your doctor can talk together , the better the service he or she will be able to give you . |
| 12 | The more openly you and your doctor can talk together , the better the service he or she will be able to give you . |
| 13 | The higher a man 's rank , the better the mount he was expected to have , so that the horse of a knight could cost twice that expected of an esquire , while a banneret might , in turn , pay double the price a knight-bachelor could pay for his . |
| 14 | He said you liked it best the way they did it in Derby . |