Example sentences of "good of [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thinks rather the better of Phyllis Bottome for wanting to believe that what had to happen could in fact have been averted . |
| 2 | Their likely opponents in the second round are Charterhouse , if they get the better of Highgate today , writes Ted Barrett . |
| 3 | Both justified their promotion , Kavanagh beating Julie Thomas three and two and Hackett getting the better of Lisa Dermott by two and one . |
| 4 | Crocker , some six years the chief inspector 's junior , was the only man Burden knew who could get the better of Wexford and match his acid tongue . |
| 5 | Blaise Cendrars witnessed a fight in which she was getting the better of Modigliani . |
| 6 | McStay and Grant had got the better of Hamilton and McGinlay while Slater and Collins were more effective than Lennon and Wright on the flanks . |
| 7 | She was probably the only person who ever got the better of Flynn in a fight . |
| 8 | This was the only time I heard anyone get the better of Wellington . |
| 9 | Loosely translated , it means you 've got to get up pretty early in the morning to get the better of Fife folk . |
| 10 | Tayside get the better of Aberdeen |
| 11 | I do n't very often get the better of Hinkle , but her memory is one thing she prides herself on . |
| 12 | The ‘ man ’ , unable to get the better of Jacob , touches his thigh and puts his hip out of joint . |
| 13 | Cup final nerves got the better of Benson who had guided Leicester to Lord 's in the last over of the semi-final against Essex . |
| 14 | Beattie easily got the better of Kevin Schwantz on the second lap , leaving the Lucky Strike Suzuki rider from Texas with a tough job to keep his own team-mate Doug Chandler at bay . |
| 15 | But if anyone should try to get the better of Jimmy Dick , they 'd better take a lengthy piece of cutlery with them . |
| 16 | Mr Fearon was n't getting the better of Harriet , certainly . |
| 17 | Curiosity got the better of Yanto however , and having vaulted the fence , he made his way over the one hundred and fifty yards of re-claimed field that separated the pub from the riverbank . |
| 18 | Of the other main contenders , Wasps got the better of Harlequins in their league opener , but neither looks sharp enough to worry Bath this year . |
| 19 | But he could n't get the better of Martyn , who turned one goal-bound shot from the 22-year-old onto the post minutes before Osborn jumped in to stun the 21,123 crowd with only his second goal of the season . |
| 20 | That only added to Liverpool 's misery , frustration getting the better of Marsh a minute earlier , his clattering challenge on Radchenko deserving of a red card . |
| 21 | At the same time he said he had had to select his shots wisely to get the better of Chesnokov . |
| 22 | And good of Jane and |
| 23 | That 's good of Peter . |
| 24 | Good of Peter int |
| 25 | ‘ So good of Philippe to organise this for me , ’ said Iris , sinking gracefully into a supine position . |
| 26 | The great and good of America think so . |
| 27 | oh that 's awfully good of Chris , thank you ! |
| 28 | That 's good of Joan , you know . |
| 29 | Equally , the theologians ' new concentration on the literal meaning of the Bible produced a new view of the judge 's obligations which Charles the Good of Flanders exploited for himself : |
| 30 | It 's good of Margaret ! |