Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd just made rather a good job of denting his back bumper . ’ |
| 2 | They had done quite a good job , Holly could see that , in containing the fire . |
| 3 | She 's done quite a good job . |
| 4 | ‘ I think I 'd just made quite a good speech but I thought they were joking , ’ he says . |
| 5 | So that had she been able to take her history exam , she would have needed rather a good grade there , perhaps a better grade than her past performance suggested she would have attained . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , my husband says I 've got rather a good voice , ’ she responded . |
| 7 | Cordoba had clearly cried enough a good two furlongs from the finish as first Batzushka and then Balla Cove set a furious pace which resulted in a time that equalled the course record by a two-year-old over six furlongs . |
| 8 | First , a return to viewing the landscape in totality , rather than the sum of its component parts , and second , a much greater emphasis on the preferences of the general public , rather than professional people , even though some studies have shown quite a good correlation between the two ( Preece , 1980 ) . |
| 9 | So you 've got quite a good relationship |
| 10 | From the sound of them and from the way they are used , you have probably got quite a good idea of what you think they mean . |
| 11 | on the road er They 've got quite a good selection now . |
| 12 | for the Water Board so he 's got quite a good job you know , but erm , I 'm , we could n't afford to put the other through the apprentice because I mean you had n't got the money had you then |
| 13 | We 've actually got quite a good er cow stock ourselves . |
| 14 | you 're , you 've got quite a good backbone there but you have n't got anything that really grabs my emotions . |
| 15 | Now this psychology , there 's absolutely loads of stuff on it so and the Maitlin book 's got quite a good coverage of it , so I 'll go over it quite quickly , alright ? |
| 16 | No , I think he 's , I said to Robert I 've got quite a good streak cos I 've never seen Sally |
| 17 | Hnatiuk at the bank said he 's always had quite a good balance in his savings account — for a kid — and he 's deposited quite a bit of money recently . |
| 18 | but they 've had quite a good dinnertime today so I think they 're letting her stop a bit longer . |
| 19 | I felt a little guilty at leaving the Websters , as we had developed quite a good relationship . |
| 20 | The same thing has happened at Newcastle now , where Keegan 's put together a good side full of players who all contribute in making goals and taking them — the kind of player he was himself . |
| 21 | As well as sorting out Stamford Bridge , he 's put together a good management team in Porterfield and Don Howe . |
| 22 | Instead of the sunset raging a fire in them as Fernando had obviously intended , it had had the reverse effect — doused away a good deal of bitterness and left them with a certain sadness . |