Example sentences of "[adv prt] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The articles I read in Zhongguo Qingnian about the brightest graduates turning down good jobs to volunteer for rural middle schools had a hollow ring to them . |
| 2 | He viewed all parliaments as swamps which suck down good and bad alike : " nobody can achieve anything in parliament or through parliament . " |
| 3 | ‘ Mrs Richards , God bless her , put down good money for them . |
| 4 | That 's alright Charlotte can you pull your trousers up at the back , they 're a little bit falling down good girl . |
| 5 | The Uganda kob females , for example , tend to congregate over good foraging . |
| 6 | To make it profitable to grow wood , the state of Gujarat , where thousands of farmers have turned over good irrigated land to tree farming , has even proposed to build generating stations fuelled with wood . |
| 7 | If you wanted the UN refugee offices in Swaziland turned over good and proper , then Dirk Coetzee was your man . |
| 8 | But , for example , among other things I have heard one of his ‘ colleagues ’ say that there is no special trick to bringing off good performances when one has so many rehearsals . |
| 9 | Go on good girl . |
| 10 | As well as taking up good growing space , they compete with the other plants for light , moisture and nutrients . |
| 11 | Actions on environment ‘ fail to back up good intentions ’ . |
| 12 | Lousing up good food . ’ |
| 13 | The band were still distressed at the demise because their working relationship had been excellent and they had built up good friendships with the staff , and did not want to seen them lose their jobs . |
| 14 | An important part of the preventive routine is keeping up good posture , whether standing , sitting or walking . |
| 15 | Over the years we 've enjoyed annual family holidays without feeling the pinch and we 've built up good relationships with our neighbours and the surrounding community . |
| 16 | Or maybe he picked up good trading contacts from Chapel and Church alike , just as it suited him ? |
| 17 | There are several other groups of managers who have recently moved into shell companies , with the view to picking up good deals in recession-hit markets . |
| 18 | I tend to snap up good second-hand equipment if I have the opportunity , and obtain new items by approaching stand-holders at the big shows 5 minutes before packing-up time on Sunday . |
| 19 | So both boys went to the state school in spite of Father Michael at St Oswald 's , but it was a hollow victory because twice a week , once after school , once on Saturdays , they were sent to the Convent to learn catechism off the nuns so they would grow up good Catholics after all . |
| 20 | The higher , more metaphysical elements of literary space fiction were avoided , keeping the whole series fast moving and thus more likely to pick up good audiences — despite the British public 's general anathema to sf around that period . |
| 21 | Most often , the top covers up its bind in the name of keeping up good relationships . |
| 22 | ‘ Boy , you really fouled it up good . |
| 23 | If you 're all trying to give up good luck ! |
| 24 | They 'll patch you up good as new , see if they do n't . |
| 25 | b ) They have also wanted to set up good case management arrangements , not just macro level working , not just providing the context within the health authority but also to provide the right case management at the micro practice level . |
| 26 | Stitched me up good and proper . ’ |
| 27 | William Lambarde loved Halling and during his time here he built up good relations . |
| 28 | Work at setting up good information sources and networks . |
| 29 | The refinement of concepts and the steady march of trial and error depends upon not only thinking up good indicators for our concepts , but also on measuring them appropriately . |
| 30 | ‘ Yesterday , when I asked you about animal rights , you said you were out of it and clammed up good and proper . |