Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tort has been extended a good deal since Lumley v. Gye and in its modern form its requirements may be summarised as follows . |
| 2 | ROBERT LEE has been promised a good reception today when First Division leaders Newcastle visit promotion rivals Charlton . |
| 3 | He will tell you he has been left a better player and a better person . |
| 4 | Saints ' chairman Eric Latham said today : ‘ Nobody at St Helens has been offered a better contract than Gary Connolly and we hope he will sign it , but that is up to Gary . |
| 5 | We might even have had a decent election and the country might have been saved a good deal earlier , but everyone knows that that is how we got here . |
| 6 | People with head injuries who ca n't get the long-term treatment they need have been promised a better deal . |
| 7 | The single women who hitherto had been considered a good influence on the girls were relegated to obscurity whilst the married heterosexual women were left to emerge as the ( acceptable and healthy ) role models . |
| 8 | Earlier , Nina had been stretched a good many notches too tight ; now , she had snapped , and was flapping limply . |
| 9 | ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’ |
| 10 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 11 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 12 | No doubt they have been promised a good party in return . |