Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the winner of the two-dog match will then take on Crayford 's Poor Sue rated to be the best stayer in the country at Sunderland in a £6,000-to-the-winner match on June 24 . |
| 2 | The Swiss arrogantly ignored the advent of new electronic watch technology until it became obvious that markets for their mechanical products , believed to be the best in the world , had all but disappeared . |
| 3 | The problems began when Mr Major and Northern Ireland Secretary of State Tom King , negotiated what they believed to be the best deal for the taxpayers and Shorts . |
| 4 | The radio section of this year 's selection process has been considerably expanded to recognise the contribution of regional stations and there will be a special award for the station judged to be the best in each of the four provinces . |
| 5 | For many people it seems to mean freedom to do what someone else has done before with some success , and initially this seemed to be the best course to take . |
| 6 | Going along with him seemed to be the best way of getting rid of him . |
| 7 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 8 | The winner will race against the outstanding Poor Sue , reckoned to be the best marathon performer in the country , at Sunderland next Wednesday night in a £7,000 challenge . |
| 9 | Its got to be the best ticket office going . |
| 10 | When she and Ianthe were shown into their room she sat down on what looked to be the best bed and lit a cigarette . |
| 11 | The Germans this time proved to be the better shots , but were very impressed with the new British SA-80 rife and its optic sight . |
| 12 | Mike Michaels the Mechanical Magician proved to be the best novelty act the show has unearthed in years . |
| 13 | The most likely explanation is that they saw it as a way to keep the Catholic-educated Mary out of Scotland , while maintaining their formal loyalty to her , thereby maximizing their opportunity to advance the Protestant cause while minimizing the need to clash directly with their sovereign ; there was , after all , no sign that Mary was particularly interested in the internal affairs of her kingdom , and although it was a gamble , and a risky one , leaving her to continue to enjoy life in France appeared to be the best chance they had . |
| 14 | The tendency in the Council therefore was to seek a sufficient measure of ‘ self-validation ’ to enable institutional progress to be made , but to marry it with the protection of the external validation system which appeared to be the best defence of hard-won standards . |
| 15 | Not you , you had to be the good guy . |
| 16 | And whenever she bought it always had to be the best . |
| 17 | Every article and member of the staff , from the fire-buckets to the boot-blacks , had to be the best available . |
| 18 | I wanted to be the best Christian since Saint Paul . |
| 19 | DAVID FEHERTY played what he considered to be the best golf of his life in the BMW tournament in Munich yesterday , thanks largely to a tip from a friend . |
| 20 | Burn said that immediately after the assessors were appointed he proposed that each judge should examine the schemes separately and indicate on them which he considered to be the best . |
| 21 | As the couple turned away , the wife was grumbling that her husband had missed the chance of what they now considered to be the best prospect . |
| 22 | He used an external filter which he considered to be the best option , as it would be quiet , easy to maintain and would keep the water cleaner . |