Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] have [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 3 | I want to have a good talk with Mr Makepeace and Mr Farraday … ’ |
| 4 | I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path . |
| 5 | I 'd had a good week . |
| 6 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 7 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’ |
| 9 | I walk a lot — I like to have a good hour 's walk each day if I can . |
| 10 | ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time ! |
| 11 | Whilst I admit that not everyone of my class members have joined I do have a good percentage mostly I feel sure through loyalty to me as their teacher . |
| 12 | ‘ I think having a good relationship is the most important thing in the whole world . ’ |
| 13 | Actually I did have a good party once . |
| 14 | My letter was published in full , and I was pleased with myself , for two good reasons : my first literary effort had been accepted ; and I had had a good swipe at the evils of fascism , judging by the stream of supporting letters which followed . |
| 15 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 16 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 17 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 18 | I 've had a good run all week , I 've er |
| 19 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've had a good look round , June , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ Now , I 've had a good look around it and , you know , there 's nothing really wrong with it , it 's just very old — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |
| 24 | I 've had a good life , on the whole . ’ |
| 25 | I just move some of this stuff out the way , I know , I 've had a good idea , a smart idea |
| 26 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 27 | ‘ Have a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'll feel better once I 've had a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'm worried about her , she has n't shed a tear since she had the news ’ , are all sayings which have a recognized place in our language . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've had a good week ’ , Helen said . |
| 29 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |
| 30 | Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough . |