Example sentences of "good for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was drunk and on pills and he wanted to do something good for himself . |
| 2 | This one , the camomile , is is very good for the We call it the children 's one because it 's good for everything for children really . |
| 3 | The land around here will be good for nothing then . ’ |
| 4 | When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died . |
| 5 | He 's good for nothing but trouble now . ’ |
| 6 | Estimates that creating the Fsx would cost only ¥165 billion ( at 1985 prices ) were good for nothing more than selling the project to parliament which had to vote the money . |
| 7 | And what is more , the clichés used by Mome Elwis are at least better suited to the cleric than anything the clerk can come out with : ( " I can do no other deed but say my paternoster and my creed to Christ for my misdeeds , and my Ave Maria — I am sorry for my sins — and my de profundis for all who remain in sin , for I am good for nothing else — Christ knows that , the king of heaven . " ) |
| 8 | You can revolt against it by a breakdown in health or morale , going what the Americans call stir-crazy' ; or you can accept it calmly , as just a temporary ‘ pause ’ in your normal way of life from which you intend to extract some good for yourself and others , keeping active , keeping your eyes on the world beyond the bars , and planning and preparing yourself for your ultimate return to it . |
| 9 | BELVILLE : Because you are a little fool and know not what 's good for yourself . |
| 10 | If the dancefloor at a gig is n't happening , the gig wo n't be as good for everybody ; if the lighting did n't suit the hall , you would n't get the right atmosphere . |
| 11 | His motto seems to be ‘ what is good for me , must be good for everybody else too ’ . |
| 12 | They are better off , therefore , learning the game at the possible expense of Scotland 's full international opponents than being too good for everybody else in the under-21 sphere . |
| 13 | If , no matter how randomly you threw matter around , the resulting conglomeration could often be said , with hindsight , to be good for something , then it would be true to say that I cheated over the swallow and the whale . |
| 14 | But biologists can be much more specific than that about what would constitute being " good for something " . |
| 15 | That was right erm it was the tomato fertiliser was n't it , that was quite good for something ? |
| 16 | Yes , soot is supposed to be good for something . |
| 17 | In this case , there seems a clear need to look beyond national interest , not because of some admirable but idealistic notion that one should try to devise policies that are good for everyone , but as a matter of practical necessity . |
| 18 | It offers promotion opportunities to the service technicians and underpins our growth objective which in turn is good for everyone in Pest Control . |
| 19 | That must be good for everyone living in Wales who likes opera . |
| 20 | ‘ Walking is good for everyone whatever their age or level of fitness , ’ said Frank Kelly , the Health Promotion Agency 's physical activity programme manager . |
| 21 | If they grow , then it is good for everyone . |
| 22 | " A little bit of frustration is good for everyone , " he said " a great spur . |
| 23 | ‘ Whoever killed Charlie , hanging 'd be too good for him . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Good for him — even though I suspect he means something quite different from me . ’ |
| 25 | He would be forced to eat what was placed before him because pigs ' trotters were good for him and would help him to grow . |
| 26 | Naughton , who paid 15,000gns for the gelding last month , plans a campaign over fences for him next winter and he may find that Dai Burchell 's four-year-old Maamur will prove too good for him . |
| 27 | He knew more than was quite good for him about Val . |
| 28 | Good for him , if you ask me . |
| 29 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 30 | Anyone could see that there were times when he drank far more than was good for him . |