Example sentences of "good [noun sg] for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll need a survey , but I 'm not going to pay good money for it unless they bring the price down . ’ |
| 2 | So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it . |
| 3 | Perhaps , pay good money for it ! |
| 4 | Some occupations are a better preparation for it than others , and journalism , fortunately , is a job that gets you used to taking what comes . |
| 5 | Perhaps a good case for it might be made , but it seldom is . |
| 6 | in London in , in a sort of clever way that makes it sound as though there 's some terrific good reasoning for it |
| 7 | I think the old lunatic asylum would be a good place for it to have occurred , do n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | Such grungeplay is probably the strongest link to Velocity Girl 's new deal with Sub Pop : other than that , they hardly fit the Bud-swilling , neck-thrusting bill , and the world is probably a better place for it . |
| 9 | Our beachside barbecue is always one of the most popular events , and there 's no better place for it than Cosmos ! |
| 10 | I enjoyed it and I think I am a better person for it . |
| 11 | ‘ Good day for it , anyway . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I wish he would , if I 'd get a good price for it , ’ the man joked . |
| 13 | This is a good argument for it should warn us that there are degrees of potential not all of which are automatic claims to fame . |
| 14 | The only sorrow for Marjory , of Lunedale Road , Darlington , is that her grandfather is no longer here to share in the good news for it was he who introduced her to all things historical . |
| 15 | You just have n't found a good use for it yet . ’ |
| 16 | This was not that event , but it was good practise for it . |
| 17 | ‘ A kind of science — I think ‘ study ’ would be a better word for it — of the causes and effects of earthquakes . ’ |
| 18 | Crooning would be the better word for it , and as the word suggested itself I had a swift and vivid mental picture of the colony of birds on the west of the island , birds aggressive , protective , maternal , tender . |
| 19 | I think they call it fire safety now , in my time it was fire prevention but now fire safety which is probably a better word for it . |
| 20 | ‘ I learnt a lot that night and think I 'm a better fighter for it . ’ |
| 21 | There is no good reason for it other than that given by Bertrand Russell in that more troubled decade : ‘ The world in which we are now living would have seemed , before 1945 , too horrible to be endured . |
| 22 | This shoaling in like sizes is established at a very early age , and there is good reason for it . |
| 23 | It was hard to see a good reason for it . |
| 24 | ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’ |
| 25 | Players do not like setting down an instrument that has just become nicely warmed up , and taking up a cold one , unless there is a very good reason for it . |
| 26 | But er ther there 'd have to be a good reason for it if , if , if erm the nurses did go out , er afterwards . |
| 27 | And if he 's hiding , then he must have good reason for it . ’ |
| 28 | From my point of view , one of the most powerful arguments that needs to be addressed is the argument about individual freedom and this is always important to me about , if you 're going to take an action that limits somebody 's freedom , you damn well have to have a good reason for it . |
| 29 | I feel , personally this is a pity now we 're coming into Europe and er trying to be international , but I 'm sure there was a very good reason for it , and I sh , I should like to know what it was . |
| 30 | Every regulation that this house pass is always a good reason for it . |