Example sentences of "[prep] being [adv] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , his most remarkable acquirement — I speak of before 1914 — was the then almost unknown one of being as good a harpsichordist as a pianist . |
| 2 | He preferred to explain divine presence in Christ on the analogy of inspiration : Jesus was a man , essentially like all others except in being perfectly good . |
| 3 | In his own bed in Mill Hill Rufus used a sheath or practised coitus interruptus , which he prided himself on being rather good at . |
| 4 | Mr Howe , appointed three months ago , refuses to offer the defiant cliche about being too good to go down . |
| 5 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 6 | I want to forget that a big chunk of my life has been about being as good a dissident as possible . |
| 7 | Through the network of INSET courses , inspectors , advisory teachers and personal contacts hunt out the names of schools where outstanding work is taking place or schools that have a reputation for being generally good . |
| 8 | So , instead , she said , ‘ I really want to thank you for being so good with Emily today . ’ |
| 9 | He 's no match for you , and I wo n't have him abused for being so good at the one thing he does well . |
| 10 | The large pool area is excellent , and the food here is renowned for being very good with popular lunchtime and evening buffets at the poolside . |
| 11 | But before the great affair struck up , one looked around at the new faces : Steve Milligan , who used to be our foreign editor at the Sunday Times , Lady Olga Maitland , nicer than her impossible opinions , whom I chiefly remember for being very good about expenses at the Sunday Express ( one wonders if Kelvin Mackenzie might have slipped in late for Chislehurst ) , Nigel Jones , the Lib Dem from Cheltenham with the Lenin beard , and a man and woman sitting together , pointed out as Gordon and Brigid Prentice who , if they flourish in Labour politics , will be compared in the Sun two elections from now with the Ceausescus . |
| 12 | If you are the guest , then you can take refuge in the thought that once in a while you need a break , and you can always make it up tomorrow by being particularly good . |
| 13 | We are best served by being very good in a relatively narrow field . |