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Example sentences for "good position"

  • Being beautiful, and in good position, her hand was sought by noblemen whose name and fame did, in some respects, honour to their country.

  • The minister, accompanied by gentlemen of good position, went again to the house to pray with and for Mr. Campbell and his family.

  • A gentleman holding a good position in society was awakened by his wife one night, who told him she had had a most unpleasant dream.

  • Thus the whole army was in good position and in good condition.

  • Then the letter goes on: These are stern facts, and cannot be ignored, while had I continued acting with the Government my reputation would have been clear, and no doubt been appointed to a good position.

  • They were accompanied by considerable comminution, but all that I observed healed remarkably well, and in good position, in spite of the fact that many of the patients objected to wear any form of splint.

  • It was found impossible to place the bone in good position; nevertheless the patient retained his hand, which is still of use in writing.

  • The one desirable improvement is some mode of ensuring the dressing being kept in good position, and for this some form of adhesive covering for the gauze and wool should be devised.

  • I think it likely that she may be able to get a good position in one of the fashionable boarding-schools in New York; then she will not be obliged to leave home.

  • When he left West Point he evidently had no friends to help him to a good position, and so he took the first honest work that he could find, at least, I imagine that such was the case.

  • He held a good position at home, but something caused him to come out here with his wife, where he has lived for about twenty years, cattle-ranching and farming.

  • There are three of them, but after all I am in a good position, and unless they gallop in and finish me, I ought to get safely away.

  • Persons of good position more or less openly encouraged these excesses and no one was punished for them.

  • This was satisfactory, so I shut up the book and chose a good position to view the scenery as we passed along.

  • As usual, at Zermatt, when a great ascent is about to be undertaken, everybody, native and foreign, laid aside his own projects and took up a good position to observe the start.

  • The disturbed perspective produced by divergence of the rays may cause the fragments of a fracture to appear displaced, although in reality they are in good position.

  • Yet it is one of the most stately of evergreen trees, and it would be hard to find one more worthy of a good position, sheltered from north and easterly winds.

  • It is rarer than the commoner kinds, but it deserves extended cultivation, being worth a good position in any part of the gardens or grounds.

  • So I went under to get into a good position, came up again, and let him have one.

  • If there is something there, and we're not in a good position, we'll manoeuvre till we get into one, and then let him have it.

  • The marine detachment fought its way forward to a good position, which it maintained during the night, although subjected to a continuous fire from the Cacos.

  • The Blenheim had likewise been towed into a good position by the Sesostris, but the Blonde and Modeste were enabled to go in under sail with a light breeze.

  • Thank God," with a burst of affection, "that I shall see that boy in a good position of life before I die.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    good character; good cheer and keep thine eyes; good conductor; good counsel; good cream; good doctor; good example; good father; good figure; good grace; good horses; good humor; good knowledge; good length; good omen; good people; good piece; good port; good prince; good shepherd; good times; good trade; good while; good working; goodly number; told you