Example sentences of "good [noun sg] if [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Go back to Chapter 4 to remind yourself of some of the basics of good nutrition if you need to . |
2 | Good luck if you try it ! |
3 | Give-aways such as book matches , note pads , pens , pencils , diaries , calendars and stationery , can be regarded as a good investment if they promote the good image of the establishment . |
4 | It is important to put a purchaser on notice that he will only get a good receipt if he pays any purchase money to two trustees or to a trust corporation ( Law of Property Act 1925 , s27 ) . |
5 | ‘ Oh , all right , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I suppose I 'll get a good hidin' if I start runnin' about . ’ |
6 | Any pub is a good pub if you have enough to drink . |
7 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
8 | Now the carriage cleaning inspector had a good job if he went about it the proper way . |
9 | He could , as the song says , get a good job if he tried , but what 's the point ? |
10 | The heel of the foot ( a good move if you 've been grabbed ) : lift your foot and look for your target |
11 | And it 's been a fairly good evening if you 've been using public transport . |
12 | Said it 's not very good publicity if nobody knows what it is is it ? |
13 | ‘ I did n't go to Oxford or Yale but he would have a good education if he had joined me at Birkenhead Institute . ’ |
14 | It 's a good sign if he has loved someone a lot , it shows that he has a capacity for love . ’ |
15 | I mean , I would have given him a good kick if I 'd do stood along side of him ! |
16 | It 's a while till we open for trading , so you can have a good howl if you want . ’ |
17 | erm you know , that 's erm the sort of image , but , erm you know , I think at the moment he comes across as mister nice guy and erm I think that 's a very good quality if he 's got the substance , which I think he has , beneath that . |
18 | It 's good news if we do it on a fixed fee and say , we have had to enhance some of our rates |
19 | Certainly be a good game if you know people , you 're not . |
20 | This is a good game if you do not have too many children at the party . |
21 | She knows Victor to be a troublemaker , and even remembers the boy 's father 's remarks at the last parents ' evening , encouraging her to give Victor a ‘ good smack if he causes any trouble ’ . |
22 | ‘ All of the above advice makes good sense if you want to improve your health and gain the benefits that will improve your lifestyle , ’ contends Andrew . |
23 | A good choice if you need an efficient grill . |
24 | This is a good buy if you want a light planer that will do basic planing and bevelling tasks . |
25 | ‘ Definitely a good buy if you want to use a diffuser , ’ she says . |
26 | They are still good food if you chop them up into suitably sized pieces , or larger fish , such as adult Angelfish will eat woodlice whole . |
27 | What they did not do is cohabit in advance of the wedding , which could well be a good thing if we choose to take seriously a recent report which says cohabitees who subsequently marry are 60% more likely to divorce than those who marry without first living together . |
28 | It 's got ta be a good thing if you miss it bad enough . |
29 | It will also mean that prices of lustre pottery will rocket upwards — a good thing if you have some , but not so good for those collectors just starting out . |
30 | It is sometimes suggested not only that postmodernism scarcely exists in Britain , but that it would not be a good thing if it did : like structuralism , it is seen as a form of literary rabies , to be confined to the Continent for as long as possible . |