Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I regarded it as a good thing . |
| 2 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 3 | At planning meetings with the senior management I often had to endure predictable little jokes about Andreas 's ‘ harem ’ , but I took them with a good grace . |
| 4 | Foolishly , I took it as a good sign . |
| 5 | Mills Roberts was a stickler for discipline but everyone recognised him as a good soldier and therefore , for all his shouting , he was a popular figure . |
| 6 | In France many noblemen , especially those of middling to lower rank , were so impoverished that they needed the king 's wages , which provided them with a better and surer income than did their lands . |
| 7 | The pluralist perspective on British politics was built up by political scientists who were predisposed to provide an account of interest-group politics which presented it in a good , democratic light . |
| 8 | In fact , it was an ‘ A ’ team player who helped them towards a good victory over highly placed Malshanger on Wednesday last week . |
| 9 | The Legion was formed on 10 March 1831 by royal decree of Prince Louis-Philippe , who saw it as a good way of clearing Paris of undesirable elements and at the same time providing free labour to defend and build France 's new colonial empire . |
| 10 | People will argue that she did it as a good deed , in helping her husband 's friend . |
| 11 | GH-K are no strangers to such nail-biting circumstances since they only retained their position this season when they found themselves with a better points differential to Stewart's-Melville , who have subsequently won promotion . |
| 12 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 13 | He led her at a good trot through the country lanes , by Bramfield and Tattle Hill , through Thieves Lane to Hertingfordbury . |
| 14 | But his self-education had been very thorough , so that he turned himself into a good Latinist and a good Grecian also , as Pound in Confucius to Cummins acknowledged . |
| 15 | He saw himself as a good Art teacher : |
| 16 | ‘ I can remember Brian May once saying something that really impressed me , because it explained something in a good way . |
| 17 | He acknowledged the dog 's overtures , but he eyed her with a good deal of concern . |