Example sentences of "[prep] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew , given the atmosphere Jean-Claude was creating , that it would be better if I did not wonder aloud why , in a civilized country like France , the poor were not looked after better . |
| 2 | large : extravagant ; keep bet : look after better |
| 3 | ‘ I do think the courts should have powers to send really persistent , nasty little juvenile offenders away somewhere where they will be looked after better and where they will be educated , ’ Mr Clarke said . |
| 4 | I 'm off fer good this time . |
| 5 | Apparently 'e 's took over there fer good . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're not only fightin' fer better wages . |
| 7 | At the end , the traitor of the English clan hurled his credit cards at his parents ’ grave in what seemed to be a symbol for throwing bad money after good . |
| 8 | Bull exploited hesitancy in the Polish defence when he headed in the second goal in the 36th minute , again from a Smith cross , after good work by David Batty . |
| 9 | Despite the recent tremendous advances in synthetic fillings goose or duck down is still favoured by those after good performance , light weight and small pack size . |
| 10 | Although no-one has won the race in successive years , he is happy and confident after good preparation in Brighton . |
| 11 | But Cardiff continued to threaten , Hill being tackled into the corner flag after good work by Hall and Wintle , who shortly afterwards was released by Moore on the short side and was only prevented from scoring by Stephens 's fine cover tackle . |
| 12 | But Cardiff continued to threaten , Hill being tackled into the corner flag after good work by Hall and Wintle , who shortly afterwards was released by Moore on the short side and was only prevented from scoring by Stephens 's fine cover tackle . |
| 13 | The Orrell try came , as ever , from Morris after good work by Ashurst and Kimmins . |
| 14 | Tea is very insipid after good coffee . |
| 15 | Crumplin scored the winner with a spectacular diving header six minutes from time after good work from Clive Walker and Gary Chivers . |
| 16 | And , in the 67th minute , again after good work by Saints ' forwards , a clever combination of passes between skipper Shane Cooper and scrum-half Jonathan Griffiths put centre Garry Connolly over . |
| 17 | The goal came in the 65th minute after good work on the left by Gary Barnett and Simon Charlton . |
| 18 | Leeds fortunately got their act together and started passing the ball around and a couple of minutes later Forrester volleyed in from ten yards after good work on the right by Dave White . |
| 19 | Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner . |
| 20 | Keith McGarry , last year 's leading point scorer in Ulster increased Dungannon 's lead to 12 points before prop David Miller surged over for a try after good work from Jeremy Hastings near the Highfield line . |
| 21 | He then appeared on the left wing to take a scoring pass from Brian Cowton after good work by the pack . |
| 22 | Huddersfield only made certain of victory in the 85th minute when Iffy Onuora grabbed his second with a simple tap in after good work by Nigel Callaghan and Iwan Roberts . |
| 23 | The try came after good work by Gordon Lawrie and then a blindside move featuring Mike Allingham and Andy McRobbie which allowed Russell Adam to go over at the corner . |
| 24 | Slater , who rarely looks like adding to his tally of one goal for Celtic , missed a peach even by his standards after good work by Collins , Payton and McAvennie . |
| 25 | I brought the duck I do n't want the duck so I said to her I got the duck but after good girl and she you 're alright with one thing and another and I said I told her I said I said to her when we were over there I said look , look you 're right if you like again so er warden came round |
| 26 | Mark Edwards for Bicester should have scored after good work by John Thorne and Barry Cooper , but he only half hit his shot and keeper Whittington saved . |
| 27 | The eighty fifth minute , Paul Simpson was clean through after good work by Stein , but his shot was blocked by Stowell . |
| 28 | This decision appeared to inspire United who took the lead in the twenty third minute through Donny Roumain after good work by Ray Green on the left . |
| 29 | Remember that many of out best writers now teach as well as write ( perhaps to supplement the income they earn from royalties , but also because they simply want and like to ) and that you can learn a great deal from the writers you admire . |
| 30 | The Aussies , under the guidance of Andy Slack ( ‘ out best entertainment has nothing at all to do with rugby ’ ) quickly got to grips with their imported beer after the disappointment of losing to a late Welsh try in one of the opening games . |