Example sentences of "n't [verb] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wayne told Pilar , ‘ The son-of-a-bitch ca n't make a good movie without his father or Bogart to carry him . ’ |
| 2 | As Jim Russell at Wild Turkey tells you in a southern drawl : ‘ If you do n't make a good product to start with , a charcoal barrel ai n't gon na help . ’ |
| 3 | I suppose I did n't make a good impression on her . |
| 4 | I was only telling you that I 'm going to be busy , and would n't make a good companion for you . ’ |
| 5 | " I do n't want a good talk . |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't want a good little girl , Jack Lawrence — ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't want a better offer , I do n't want any offer ! |
| 8 | Oh yes we 've they are subscribing , and if we was n't keeping a good erm a good liaison with them , then I do n't think we 'd be here now . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know a better one . ’ |
| 10 | No , if that house has n't dropped a good two inches |
| 11 | ‘ That does n't mean I ca n't recognise a good design when I see it . ’ |
| 12 | But as an ex-Immigration Officer told the magazine Race Today ( June 1973 ) ‘ If you do n't show a good record in refusing people it is thought you are not doing your job properly . ’ |
| 13 | This 40 Minutes Special ( BBC 2 ) was produced by Agnieszka Piotrowska , who never makes a bad programme and has n't made a better one than this . |
| 14 | If you do a good job , it sounds good ; if you do n't do a good job , it sounds terrible . |
| 15 | Your principles and hard held prejudices will be respected if for no other reason than one of simple commercial sense : you probably would n't do a good job creating the advertisement even if you tried , because you actively disbelieve in the product or proposition . |
| 16 | er when you were in the trade like mine if you did n't do a good job the man never come back to you , there was a , there was a blacksmith farrier in every village ! |
| 17 | As Zelma is wont to say , ‘ You ca n't beat a good laugh . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You ca n't beat a good old draughty old church , ’ I said , smiling . |
| 19 | Now to me you ca n't beat a better that 's one of the best insurance people I 've ever been with . |
| 20 | It 's not that OSF technology is n't good , they argue , its simply that OSF , and its members , have n't done a good marketing job . |
| 21 | If you have done enough of the right type of training , there is no reason why you should n't give a good account of yourself . |
| 22 | Those old 2-D screens did n't give a good picture . |
| 23 | You ca n't keep a good Go-Between down . |
| 24 | ‘ You ca n't keep a good man down ! ’ |
| 25 | You just ca n't keep a good man down even if he is only five foot seven . |
| 26 | No , Dundee branch has not been re-opened but you ca n't keep a good team down . |
| 27 | She could n't use a good friend simply to get herself out of trouble . |
| 28 | ‘ He has n't got a better nature , ’ I said despondently . |
| 29 | So we have n't got a better mouse driver . |
| 30 | If you ca n't , you ca n't so easily if you have n't got a better car . |