Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 2 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 3 | Minutes later , when Grant estimated he must have covered a good quarter of a mile , he again saw a grey wall barring his passage in the torch beam up ahead . |
| 4 | Mr Cubbage must have seemed a good catch with his fine house , handsome looks and with his obvious wealth . |
| 5 | Hector McLean the eminent scholar in Anthropology and Celtic Literature who gave so much help to J , F. Campbell in the preparation of " Popular Tales of the West Highlands " must have had a good library and another schoolmaster at Ballygrant , Neil MacAlpine , can not have compiled his Gaelic Dictionary without one . |
| 6 | It may not be a good reason to us , but they must have had a good reason to do it , either family-wise or tension-wise , or because of life in general . |
| 7 | Hey they must have had a good meal other night . |
| 8 | The other thing they say , if they 're Terrans , or actually , especially if they 're not , is , Well , you must have spent a good deal of time on Good Old Mother Earth . |
| 9 | I 'll have had a good life , and I 'll have tried , and I 'll have made something of myself . |
| 10 | But Jan Peerce makes a very coarse and unromantic Alfredo , and Licia Albanese , who might have made a good shot at the role of Violetta under more sympathetic direction , sounds particularly nervous and unsettled . |
| 11 | ‘ They might have had a good sleep — but we certainly have n't ! ’ |
| 12 | In time he might have proved a good replacement for Chapman , but it would have needed a refinement in tactics . |
| 13 | Had I known that the previous year , I could have made a good case to contest the abolition of my old job . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I 'm sorry too , we could have made a good team , in business at least , though I realize we could never be friends or anything of that sort , but I 'm convinced it could have worked . |
| 15 | Had you said this first instead of producing emotional gush about the hospital 's welfare , we could have saved a good deal of time . |
| 16 | And it could have blown a good distance in last night 's gale . |
| 17 | I stared at him , wondering what was going on in that complex mind of his , what his real motive was in pushing north by car when we could have had a good night 's sleep and flown up in daylight . |
| 18 | You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood . |
| 19 | She may have cried a good deal without understanding why . |
| 20 | A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending . |
| 21 | He would have liked a good cigar . ’ |
| 22 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 23 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 24 | Good Money would have made a good short , with a budget of , say , £75,000 . |
| 25 | He would have made he would have made a good Sun journalist . |
| 26 | She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung . |
| 27 | He himself could always eat ; he would have made a good soldier . |
| 28 | No , neither did I. Would have made a good headline , would n't it … |
| 29 | This village blacksmith was not a ‘ mighty man ’ at all ; in fact , he was much smaller than Micky , his twelve-year-old son , who would have made a good model for the Fat Boy in the Pickwick Papers . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you think you would have made a good Empress ? ’ |