Example sentences of "he good " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Patten told him good government should be founded on fact , not fantasy . |
| 2 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 3 | He believed it must be doing him good , and he could certainly feel the burn afterwards . |
| 4 | She had said it would do him good . |
| 5 | Ten days with Emily would do him good ! |
| 6 | So he would accept that she thought him good , whatever she meant by it , and he at once felt a curious sense of relief and surprise within himself . |
| 7 | Even when He appears evil , commanding actions universally regarded as bad such as killing a son , we should nevertheless call Him good . |
| 8 | Nothing goes right for Walter ; his father dies early , soon followed by his mother , a rigid , religious woman , who treats the boy harshly but teaches him good conduct , to write and to hold down a job in a sweet factory where he is patronised by his superiors and ridiculed by his fellow workers . |
| 9 | He found that the Devon , although it was small , gave him good quantities of good beef and rather lower quantities of very creamy milk . |
| 10 | He did not know his age and no one had called him good before . |
| 11 | The sensible diet and strict routine also did him good , but the surrogate maternal love was best of all . |
| 12 | She had then wished him good luck with the sale of his book and had quietly shut the door in his face . |
| 13 | They wished him good night , then stood a while , blinking in the darkness , listening to the slam of the door bolts . |
| 14 | It will do him good if it slumps a little . |
| 15 | The Beggar tells him he has done him good already , and asks him not to spurn but to honour the experience of old age , claiming that poverty has shown him God . |
| 16 | And the sunshine would do him good , she had said , would help with the arthritis that nagged at his left hip joint . |
| 17 | ‘ Do him good to get off his backside for once ! ’ |
| 18 | In June he went up to Leeds for a three-week holiday : the air of the Yorkshire moors always did him good , and there were in the vicinity a doctor , an oculist and a radiologist to examine him periodically . |
| 19 | It 'll do him good to get out for a while ; it 's being cooped up indoors all day makes him fidgety . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That 'll do him good ! ’ shouted some of the crowd . |
| 21 | That 'll do him good . |
| 22 | Vietnam might do him good . |
| 23 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 24 | Samuel Pepys [ q.v. ] found him good company . |
| 25 | It 'll do him good to get out and about . |
| 26 | Léonie , used to him clad in blue jacket and brown corduroy trousers , did n't feel able to kiss him good morning . |
| 27 | ‘ Lazy sod , ’ said Jonquil , ‘ do him good . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps the sight of a friendly face will do him good . ’ |
| 29 | The spirit of the wind will bring him good luck and the spirit of the rain will make him happy . ’ |
| 30 | Still , the rest did him good , and the performance on the Monday evening was better . |