Example sentences of "[verb] [art] good [noun sg] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The owner of a competitive jumping horse says that his horse has a good temperament because it is ‘ consistent and courageous ’ . |
| 2 | Ken , now the only pilot in the UK checked out to captain the flying-boat , said that after the recent test flights the Sunderland is now ‘ fully serviceable and in really tip-top condition , it just needs a good home where it can be looked after . ’ |
| 3 | The police have done a good job but it 's very difficclt unless you catch them with a box of matches . |
| 4 | He obviously likes Jimmy Page and it 's pretty easy to tell where he 's coming from , but he 's got a good sound and it 's really fresh . |
| 5 | No , it sound a good idea if it do n't fall apart nearer the time . |
| 6 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 7 | The expressions simplify a good deal once it is noted that the most significant contributions come from terms containing which are important when the probe passes across the region where . |
| 8 | If i get a good script and it calls me to do a hefty love scene why not ? ’ she added , lips that were once sugary and innocent now curled coquettishly . |
| 9 | If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good . |
| 10 | We had a good journey but it was tiring . |
| 11 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 12 | ‘ I know a life like that makes a good story but it takes its toll on the person . |
| 13 | The Northern Ireland public knows a good deal when it sees one . |
| 14 | But it knows a good book when it buys one . |