Example sentences of "do [vb infin] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to be like a film star , but I do want a better quality of life and I 've got that with H R T ! |
| 2 | For the dealer who did want a good price , the procedure became a matter of negotiation , and it paid him to buy the market-maker a drink sometimes . |
| 3 | But they do know a good ad when they see one . |
| 4 | We know very little about the world history of such ideas and their dialectical development , but we do know a good deal about how things have gone in the main literate civilizations over the past four thousand years . |
| 5 | ‘ CO&sub2 ; extract hops are expensive but they do give a good hop nose when they 're added in the conditioning tank . |
| 6 | While these figures refer to crimes committed by juveniles , they do give a good indication of the extent of class differences in crime statistics generally , given the high proportion of offenders who are juveniles . |
| 7 | From the evidence of a 10-country study , Gladstone ( 1984 ) notes that the activities , structure and functions of employers ' associations do show a good deal of inter country variation , often a reflection of distinctive historical experiences and a particular course of industrialisation with resultant differences in the environment in which a country 's industrial relations system has to operate . |
| 8 | He had never , he wrote to his superiors , seen an operation so badly planned or so amateurishly organized ; ‘ at the CIA , we really do run a better show than that . ’ |
| 9 | Johnson finds fault justifiably with Woodhouse 's early verse ; however , Woodhouse did become a good poet , though there is no reason why Johnson should have foreseen this . |
| 10 | ‘ Our punters , although very much the suit and tie brigade , do like a good pint . |
| 11 | ‘ I do like a good Jeffrey Archer , ’ said Hyacinth . |
| 12 | I do like a good organist , particularly when a traditional organ is used . |
| 13 | Well , we do see a good deal of what is around us and not simply whatever it is that we happen to be staring at . |
| 14 | Some chapters do provide a good reference resource while others trace the history of particular service models or provide an account of initiatives in particular areas . |
| 15 | It was built relatively late , between 1844 and 1845 , and destined for a relatively short working life , but it did provide a good deal of employment for several decades . |
| 16 | Bridgend did score a good try through Gareth Thomas from a tapped penalty , while at the other end Jones should really have kicked a second penalty after Jenkins had been penalised for treading heavily on Yendle . |
| 17 | On the back er table there there 's a brochure called Women at the Wheel , it 's a Vauxhall er application please do take a good copy , very good application . |
| 18 | Yeah we did have a good afternoon . |
| 19 | Let Spencer help you , my dear , my youngest son always did have a good head for figures . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah he did have a good go at us through Shane . |
| 21 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 22 | Actually I did have a good party once . |
| 23 | Whilst I admit that not everyone of my class members have joined I do have a good percentage mostly I feel sure through loyalty to me as their teacher . |
| 24 | We are not chiropodists , we do n't actually cut away the hard skin because that i is a chiropodist 's job , but we certainly do have a good try at trying to get rid of as much hard skin as we can . |
| 25 | That 's the team of management that I , together with one or two others , built up from scratch at the beginning of the Liberal Democrats , and we now in Stockport have a highly successful erm m As I say , tier of management for training , for campaigning , for policy development in Stockport , and as you probably know we do have a good record of winning local council seats . |
| 26 | If TI did produce a good underwriting result , one would question whether TI was taking on any risk ? |
| 27 | They really do stand a better chance being left there to their own devices for the parents to feed them the right diet than being picked up and brought here . |
| 28 | And it must be difficult somewhat for you because since you do get a good side together , then perhaps other clubs come along poaching your players . |
| 29 | He does remember Hollar from ten years ago and that he did get a good degree ( p. 52 ) , and his enthusiasm for the fact is indicated by the emphatic nature of his approbation — " Of course you did . |
| 30 | ’ Apart from that , and a general knowledge of the links and the game , what does make a good St Andrews caddie ? |