Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] been good " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think , we 've not been good attracting women into services , I think , the responsibility that a woman drug user has over child care and a whole range of other things that male drug users do n't have . |
| 2 | I 've always been good at thinking on my feet . |
| 3 | I 've always been good at saving . |
| 4 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 5 | You 've always been good at that . ’ |
| 6 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 7 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never been good at showing my feelings , but yes , I love you . |
| 9 | " Your letters were always too short , Sara , and not detailed enough , but then you 've never been good at spilling all your thoughts in speech or writing , have you ? |
| 10 | Roycroft also claims — and many in the health authority agree with him — that relationships between the social services department and the health authority , both managerially and professionally , have long been good and have helped underpin a high level of community care . |
| 11 | Local management of schools , giving parents more information , and the assessing of schools , children and teachers have all been good ideas . |
| 12 | ‘ American companies have not been good at putting robots to work ’ , says Fred Sitkins , a specialist on robots at Western Michigan University . |
| 13 | I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta . |
| 14 | THE PAST three dry years have not been good ones for young trees . |
| 15 | ‘ Since then relations with the team have not been good . |
| 16 | There have not been good things . |
| 17 | The lords in parliament , and in the courthouse and the castle , they do not know how we live — they know nothing about us , except that we will die for them , to protect their forts in India and in Scotland ’ — his voice sharpened suddenly , his arm swung round and pointed north and a gust of response rose out of the crowd — ‘ we have always been good at that , their demands can never be satisfied , regiments for the colonies , indentured servants and labourers for the plantations , they have scoured Scotland like a killing wind and the men have been whirled away in the blast of it . |
| 18 | He and Peter have always been good friends and David is the type of lad that once he 's made friends with someone , he has made it for life , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 19 | Some old people living alone , who are very frail , are unable to expend all the energy required to take a bath or shower unattended every day , and if their standards of personal hygiene have always been good this can be a real worry to them . |
| 20 | New Zealand have always been good in this department and that is why we are going there ’ , explained coach Lin . |
| 21 | ‘ Len and I have always been good mates . |
| 22 | Taylor said : ‘ The FA have always been good employers to all the previous managers who have suffered as I am suffering the kind of criticism that is about . |
| 23 | There have always been good maths teachers who 've made maths interesting and relevant to the children , but I think perhaps the emphasis has shifted from rote learning to helping children to understand what they 're doing . |
| 24 | The results have n't been good . |
| 25 | Obviously we have n't been good away from home this season but I was pleased again with the attitude on Saturday . |
| 26 | The Socialists have historically been better at going for the gut-level reaction . |
| 27 | With different teams competing for routes it 's difficult to know what 's new , but conditions have certainly been good this year . |
| 28 | The gist of it is , Intel 's position have never been better , ’ Grove said . |
| 29 | WITH the water bill which arrived with impeccable timing yesterday there was one piece of bumph which trumpeted that water services have never been better . |
| 30 | In fact , as other luxury items fall by the wayside as the recession rumbles on and on , wine sales have never been better . |