Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prosecution need only prove that the physical action took place , and after that the defendant is expected to put forward a good reason or excuse for his action to escape conviction . |
| 2 | Applicants should possess or expect to obtain shortly a good Honours Degree in Mathematics . |
| 3 | I was beginning to have quite a good time , and might have imagined for myself a series of tragic scenes of truly poetic power and solemn grandeur , and was wondering how my dear and attractive wife would look in widow 's weeds , when this character started speaking on the radio , and totally ruined my train of thought . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Had the right hon. Gentleman followed that example , he might have put forward a better case tonight . |
| 6 | Once the decision has been taken to go ahead a good mailing should be planned under the following headings . |
| 7 | It was only water that was let into a confined space but we had a Sports Association which had a section for the swimming and er I way remember bought a couple of old single decker buses from somewhere , I do n't know where and he had them fitted out and rigged up at Stoke Bathing Place , especially for us to go there and change and w we did have quite a good strong section , we used to hold our , an annual what you call a regatta , or , no not a regatta but er in the St Matthew 's Swimming Baths a festival , a swimming festival a gala , yes |
| 8 | I felt a little guilty at leaving the Websters , as we had developed quite a good relationship . |
| 9 | Well aware that she was in a public place , she tried to modify her voice ; only then Willis did n't always hear , and she had to try again a good deal louder . |
| 10 | They had done quite a good job , Holly could see that , in containing the fire . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , my husband says I 've got rather a good voice , ’ she responded . |
| 12 | So you 've got quite a good relationship |
| 13 | on the road er They 've got quite a good selection now . |
| 14 | you 're , you 've got quite a good backbone there but you have n't got anything that really grabs my emotions . |
| 15 | No , I think he 's , I said to Robert I 've got quite a good streak cos I 've never seen Sally |
| 16 | but they 've had quite a good dinnertime today so I think they 're letting her stop a bit longer . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 ? |