Example sentences of "[be] good for " in BNC.
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| 1 | About one in four reckon they 're good for ten minutes , though just under one in five admit to ejaculating in less than two minutes . |
| 2 | BOOM AMID THE GLOOM Even when times are bad , they 're good for somebody |
| 3 | ‘ You 're not nuisances , ’ said Joe , ‘ you 're good for me . ’ |
| 4 | They 're good for you . |
| 5 | You 're good for ever . |
| 6 | Can we go back to that , I mean we 've heard that they 're good for tourism |
| 7 | they 're good for patronage , they encourage people who have money to er , to put it into the arts , they 're they promote stability and they they save us from a dictatorship , is that it ? |
| 8 | Let's leave these guys — all they 're good for is talking about it . ’ |
| 9 | There 's little enough they 're good for else . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're good for you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , ’ said Scarlet , remembering , ‘ broad-leafed veg retain radioactive … becquerels , or something , for a long time , so even if they 're good for you , they 're bad for you . ’ |
| 12 | She looked at Graham after a moment , put her hand to his cheek , said , " I 'm sorry , Graham ; you 're good for me , I love talking to you . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's all you 're good for , after all . |
| 14 | I know you 're good for him . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're good for my digestion , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Sunil is lonely and I 'm sure you 're good for each other . ’ |
| 17 | Well they 're good for dry throats are n't they ? |
| 18 | Can pick some pipe cleaners up , they 're good for making little |
| 19 | They 're good for you |
| 20 | And there 's a there 's three of them in this one room in , in the bedroom and they wo n't separate them cos and she , they 're good for each other . |
| 21 | The year has been good for programme sales , particularly overseas where sales increased more than a half to £18.8m . |
| 22 | 15 March 1986 : A Ford takeover of Austin Rover would have been good for Britain , according to a top Ford executive . |
| 23 | T'would have done you no harm , and been good for the |
| 24 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 25 | Decide now what you really wanted to do , and what , with hindsight , would have been good for you to do or have . |
| 26 | In the yard at the back , a slow burning bon fire added to the pong which could not have been good for those living nearby . |
| 27 | The steady erosion from astronomical to merely high has at least been good for morale : a further cut after the holidays might just jolly people into voting Tory if there were to be an autumn election . |
| 28 | ‘ The positive image has been good for business , ’ Norton says . |
| 29 | It has been good for both business and charity : since its launch in late 1988 , more than 300,000 cardholders have been recruited , and an estimated £2 million has been donated to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund , the British Heart Foundation and Mencap . |
| 30 | Sam could sing and play the concertina and violin , and he must have been good for the BBC to come all the way to Baldersdale to find him . |