Example sentences of "[conj] i have a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well — if you 'll excuse me I 'll go to my room , where I have a good book .
2 He was saying that I had a better disguise than he did .
3 The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them .
4 It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together .
5 I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location .
6 He went on to say that he had heard from a mutual friend whom he had met in Alexandria that I had a good job , and added : ‘ Mother said , in an old letter which took months to reach me , that it was in the Foreign Office .
7 I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there .
8 The only difference between now and the World Cup is that I have a better suntan .
9 Erm , for instance , suppose that I think that one of the things that er makes me who I am is erm that I have a good head for numbers .
10 The problem I 've got is is er I know what I want to do and you told me what are doing , so from that I have a good picture of what how I should approach it .
11 Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’
12 ‘ So I just see myself passing through and meeting all these people along the way , like , and I have a good time .
13 I 'd be quite happy to go to work if erm if I had a good job and my boyfriend stayed at home , that 'd suit me fine !
14 He said : ‘ They think I just sit back if I have a good start to the season .
15 There are producers who have a far greater knowledge of microphone techniques , and characteristics ; but if I have a good engineer who is musically intelligent as well as technically adept , then I have a very direct input into the kind of sound I want .
16 I did however , have a shaky start with casting on , but I read the instruction book , back to front and upside down until I had a good idea of what I was doing , resulting in two 4-ply cardigans for my eldest two grand-daughters .
17 One was immense drive for power which I did n't fully understand until I had a better idea of the second quality .
18 ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here .
19 Well , I said the usual pompous things but I had a good laugh when she rang off .
20 On one occasion he kicked at a fence which was enclosing a footpath , saying ' I have no respect for the Whigs , but I have a good deal of the Chartist in me' .
21 I have no clues about it , but I have a good vibe . ’
22 I have already been given several different figures , and was told by one person I could have 50 × 12″ fish because I have a good filter .
23 I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it .
24 Though I suppose I was chosen because I have a better understanding of what they are about than your average pen-pusher . ’
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