Example sentences of "[pers pn] have good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you think we 'd better … that is , I 'd better … ‘ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd better … |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am certain of it , ’ he replied , but promptly settled her heartbeats to a dull , steady rhythm once more by adding , ‘ because of your car , did n't I have good reason to contact you ? ’ |
| 5 | The Mainbocher triumphs were spiced with occasional purchases in Paris , but on the whole she found French clothes too imposing : ‘ I had better things to do in Paris than go for endless fittings anyway . |
| 6 | I had better things to do than just sit in an office talking . |
| 7 | I do n't have that much brains , but I 'd say I had good common sense . |
| 8 | I felt I had good cause . |
| 9 | In each round I had good lane draws and ran comfortably . |
| 10 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 11 | B : Nicest — I had good fun |
| 12 | I had good solid francs in my pocket , and what did the watchmaker have ? |
| 13 | I had good cause to enjoy the many favours bestowed upon me by my inspector friend with the Cambridge police . |
| 14 | I had good reason then to suspect that it could well be . |
| 15 | I 've better things to do than make a fool of myself with you . |
| 16 | But I do n't like it here , and I 've good reason for going . |
| 17 | I have good reason to remember a booklength early monograph of hers , published in the British journal of Animal Behaviour : it was almost the first text I ever read as an apprentice sub-editor . |
| 18 | Of course , I do have a few problems , but I have good caring doctors who have prescribed medication . |
| 19 | Staying first of all with the Maggses — ‘ the first parents I had in four years and I have good reason for not putting parents in inverted commas ’ — in a small country town , he learned the respectable , middle-class way to do things : |
| 20 | ‘ I think I have good reason to feel sorry for myself ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I am so certain of my place here that I would have resigned anyway , and now I have good reason three times over … my nerve had already failed twice , and could n't do so again … . ’ |
| 22 | Just below the hump I could make out — I have good eyes — the dark outline of what must be the ruined broch , and beside that , in its shelter , was a speck of bright , alien orange . |
| 23 | I also think I have good people around me . |
| 24 | Thus , perhaps , I believe that my children are at present playing in the garden at home , and I have good reasons for this belief . |
| 25 | I have good days and bad days . |
| 26 | I have good friends , and if I can keep my faculties — if my eyesight behaves itself and my hearing stays good — then I shall be content |
| 27 | ‘ I have good managers , ’ he said , the corners of his mouth curving in amusement , and Claudia realised who he was . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes — and I have good neighbours which is pleasant . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 30 | ‘ I have good reason for my request . ’ |