Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also thought I 'd written a better poem because I 'd struggled with the voice , forced myself to hear it again in my mind and to reply to it . |
| 2 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 3 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 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 | And I 'd have shot myself if we lost because I 'd wasted a good chance just before the goal . ’ |
| 8 | I was deter , you see I , I have to set a good example to Neil . |
| 9 | I should still have thought that in securing him from Bolton Wanderers I had made the best bargain of my life . ’ |
| 10 | The ‘ ghost ’ was now exorcised , without fuss or argument , and I had lost a good source of revenue . |
| 11 | If I had to give the best pen picture I could contrive of Harold Wilson , I would describe him as an immensely intelligent man , rather less — by my standards — than half-educated . |
| 12 | I knew when I had played the best game on the rugby field . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 15 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 16 | I 've written a good deal about traps . |
| 17 | I 'll feel that I 've lost a good friend . |
| 18 | I 've lived a good life . |
| 19 | I really liked both of these guitars and would urge anyone to try one , but I 've saved the best news until last : just look at the prices … |
| 20 | And Ipswich team manager Mick McGiven , Monkou 's former coach at Stamford Bridge , said : ‘ I do n't think I 've seen a better marking job on Chris . ’ |
| 21 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 22 | And when I 've done a good lesson — whatever that means — when it 's gone down well . |
| 23 | I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch . |
| 24 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 25 | I 've had a good run all week , I 've er |
| 26 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've had a good look round , June , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ Now , I 've had a good look around it and , you know , there 's nothing really wrong with it , it 's just very old — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |