Example sentences of "you [verb] [prep] be good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , now , what you should have in front of you , is a recipe for successful learning , because what you 've got at the top , right , what you 've got at the top is something that you 've learnt , and you think you 're pretty good at it , and what you 've got in the middle is , how you got to be good at it , and what you 've got at the end , is what you gain from having it . |
| 2 | Jane was not popular : in order to be popular , you had to be good at games , and Jane was useless at all of them — and they played everything — netball , rounders , tennis , lacrosse , hockey — even cricket — every afternoon , rain or shine , exams or no exams . |
| 3 | Advertising writing is an absorbing and interesting job with lots of laughs and lots of rewards , not least financially , if you prove to be good at it . |
| 4 | It 's like the attitude that you have to be good and religious , think the right thoughts , wear the right clothes , believe the right things , come from the right background , if you are in any way to be acceptable to God . |
| 5 | Jeremy : A sportsman you have to be good at things , a football player you have to be good at passing and good at things . |
| 6 | Jeremy : A sportsman you have to be good at things , a football player you have to be good at passing and good at things . |
| 7 | Playing snooker you have to be good at your shots and pot the ball — |
| 8 | Suppose I suggest to you that we stop part of your wages to help pay for the damage to the china and to Mrs Darrell 's dignity , and you promise to be good in future ? ’ |