Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , how does it happen that I married a good Catholic at seventeen and here I am at thirty-something , childless ? |
| 2 | The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them . |
| 3 | It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together . |
| 4 | I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The prize for the winner , was to share her next dinner , and ensure that she had a good time . |
| 10 | It could now become evident that she had a good figure . |
| 11 | You should also make certain that she has a good tin-opener which she can use without difficulty . |
| 12 | I am convinced that she has a good intelligence , and understands what is proposed as treatment . |
| 13 | The first essential is to see that she has a good solicitor to advise her and sort out her husband 's affairs , making sure beforehand what his fee will be for the work he is going to do for her . |
| 14 | So I mean y'know j it may help you get a first class mark if you 're a good candidate by writing lots , but generally writing lots does n't ensure that you get a good mark . |
| 15 | I recommend that you use a good brush and learn to paint with it well ; if you can master using the brush there will be no need to mess around with varnishes , which in my case will alter the appearance of the painting . |
| 16 | This er , your comment that you had a good look at the figures , severely confused the merchant bankers who are advising the Mirror group as they , they did n't feel that they 'd finalized the figures themselves . |
| 17 | I hope you are well , and that you had a good journey home . |
| 18 | I mean not just trying but if you if you get chosen to play the violin it means practising and practising and staying with it so that you become a good violin player . |
| 19 | I do enjoy the magazine , and on the whole feel that you do a good job based on the difficulties that you must have keeping it interesting . |
| 20 | You said that you have a good job — does n't it bring you into contact with all sorts ? |
| 21 | Make sure you read the instruction carefully and only begin when you are satisfied that you have a good understanding of what is needed . |
| 22 | It is important that we get a good result today , four draws out of five is not too hot . |
| 23 | At the briefing it was not actually uttered , but there was a rumour that there was a woman and child on the Argosy , so this had made it even more important that we keep a good look out and try to find City of Glasgow . |
| 24 | " On second thoughts , Hazel remembers that we have a good story-teller among us . |
| 25 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 26 | Nobody could claim that we have a good record of producing players , so the more debate and discussion we can engender , the better . |
| 27 | It is a lot easier these days , so make up a little cocktail of compatible systemic insecticide and fungicide , plus a drip or two of washing-up detergent to achieve a good wetting , in a small bowl , and swish the two leaves of each cutting in the solution so that they get a good wetting and protective coating . |
| 28 | Make sure managers and supervisors are familiar with the policy and procedures , and make sure too that they set a good example to the staff they supervise . |
| 29 | Even in Wessex and East Anglia the ravaged territories were not always particularly extensive at any one time , and much of the population may have reckoned that they had a good chance of escaping . |
| 30 | Chandos Herald , the Black Prince 's biographer , makes the prince reply to Charles V 's letter citing him to appear before the parlement of Paris by saying , ‘ Lords , by my faith it seems to me that the French think I am dead ; but if God gives me comfort , and I can get up from this bed , I will do them a great deal of harm even now , for God knows that they lack a good case , and they will have real cause to complain of me . ’ |