Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] have a 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 I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’
7 I walk a lot — I like to have a good hour 's walk each day if I can .
8 ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time !
9 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 .
10 I think having a good relationship is the most important thing in the whole world . ’
11 Actually I did have a good party once .
12 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 .
13 I 've had a good run all week , I 've er
14 And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it .
15 I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony .
16 I 've had a good look round , June , ’ he said .
17 ‘ Now , I 've had a good look around it and , you know , there 's nothing really wrong with it , it 's just very old — ’
18 ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’
19 I 've had a good life , on the whole . ’
20 I just move some of this stuff out the way , I know , I 've had a good idea , a smart idea
21 It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving .
22 ‘ 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 .
23 I 've had a good week ’ , Helen said .
24 But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’
25 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 .
26 But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me .
27 You want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend , but somehow you feel restricted and constrained from enjoying life .
28 Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’
29 I want to work with people who want to have a good time .
30 I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that
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