Example sentences of "[pron] had have [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 3 | She had had a good time in her twenties : a good job as a doctor 's receptionist ( she had gone against the general rule for the species by being warm and sympathetic , though she stood no more nonsense than was inescapable ) . |
| 4 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 5 | Erm just the same as if you had had a good nights sleep . |
| 6 | The sergeant was chasing you round and if they came round and saw you coming out of a shop , you had to have a good explanation . |
| 7 | What made it all so difficult was that , though practically no one had had a good word to say for Hereward , no one could or would pin down that dislike into a form which could prime a hatred violent enough to kill him . |
| 8 | We had had a good dinner , and we were all in the mood for fun and games — all , that is , except Jackson . |
| 9 | When we got home my mother asked if we had had a good time and Syl said with great enthusiasm that we had . |
| 10 | They had had a good run for their money and there were still thousands of reels of tape to be analysed and matched against other intelligence sources . |
| 11 | But you think it had had a good kicking or something , would n't you ? |
| 12 | As he tackled his cold meat loaf and salad , Hank thought he had better show some interest in his father , so he asked the back page of the newspaper if it had had a good trip . |
| 13 | Thanks to the Dares and the Rossitters , it had had a good start , but all innovations are eyed askance in small villages — and Overclyst was very small indeed . |
| 14 | I had never had him down as a kerb-crawler either , but from the state of the car it looked as if it had had a good kicking . |
| 15 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 16 | But now that he had had a good sleep , he could see that Strawberry was really a harmless , decent sort of fellow . |
| 17 | When he got back , Pat asked him if he had had a good holiday . |
| 18 | I quickly talked him out of that , telling him that he must find out the truth before passing judgment , and reminding him that he had had a good marriage . |
| 19 | He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , since everyone 's giving speeches , I may as well take a turn , ’ he said , and it was at once apparent from his voice that he had had a good deal to drink . |
| 21 | He had had a good deal of experience of the deliberate malice of political adversaries , who felt for him a genuine fear that was replaced by contempt only for his lesser colleagues . |
| 22 | Fortunately he had had a good deal of practice in this . |