Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [be] good to " in BNC.

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1	I 'll be good to you .
2	‘ You must be good to your mother , Frankie , ’ he said now , using the stern long-suffering voice reserved for such interviews as this .
3	She 'd be good to be seen with and she had a sense of humour .
4	It must be better to be an alone child than to have a brother like Augustin .
5	He decided that it would be best to be plain and friendly .
6	Obviously , it would be best to be as comprehensive as possible .
7	It would be good to be greeted as you walked along by smiling creatures lying along the pavements .
8	In one sense , in a report about ‘ environmental scanning ’ , it would be good to be able to report that those engaged in that activity had solved this problem of making the information that they deliver , directly usable by those to whom it is delivered .
9	‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression .
10	It would be better to be dead .
11	Ellen wondered if he had petit mal and looked it up in a medical dictionary — neither of them went to doctors if they could help it — but the entry was not very helpful , and it seemed in any case the kind of symptom it would be better to be vague about , not define , not name , for fear the naming made it worse , less likely to evaporate out of existence .
12	I 'm afraid the board thinks that in view of your now unacceptably high profile it would be better to — er — temporarily , of course , sever your connection with the company — ’
13	Surely it would be better to content herself with that than stay on , laying herself open to inevitable heartbreak .
14	The only person there was Gran , and she was asleep , but it would be better to be with her than downstairs in the kitchen , alone .
15	It would be better to be stronger in the arms , help could be summoned , but some tasks one did on one 's own .

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