Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a good [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 2 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 3 | Had I known that the previous year , I could have made a good case to contest the abolition of my old job . |
| 4 | Any member of stab who went into the Biology Lab before her would have needed a good excuse to explain his presence there , unless , of course , he was a member of the Biology Department . |
| 5 | She was a pretty woman and would have had a good figure had she not been pregnant . |
| 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 | You 'll have to take a good swim to find him the night , over to Holland , I 'd say . |