Example sentences of "[be] so good at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children of three ( for example ) can be highly aware of , and sensitive to , the fairness of co-operating and sharing , but they may not be so good at returning to these conditions after , say , a quarrel . |
| 2 | The basic trick of the conman is to lull the victim into a false sense of security ; that is why women , children and old people can be so good at conning their way past closed doors . |
| 3 | Hanfmann describes ‘ a rather arrogant colleague ’ who ‘ told me that he knew I wrote good case histories , but had not expected me to be so good at theory ’ ( 1983 : 147 ) . |
| 4 | Practise tying the following knots with your Six and you 'll soon be so good at them , you 'll be able to tie them with your eyes closed . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's unusual for a girl to be so good at the technical stuff , ’ he went on . |
| 6 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 7 | You used to be so good at that . |