Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 2 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got a visitor coming at six o'clock and I want to make a good impression on him — it 's twenty to four already . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 5 | I want to have a good talk with Mr Makepeace and Mr Farraday … ’ |
| 6 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 7 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 8 | I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path . |
| 9 | I 'd had a good week . |
| 10 | And I 'd have shot myself if we lost because I 'd wasted a good chance just before the goal . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Shut up , Ed , ’ said Joey dispassionately , ‘ I like to hear a good story . |
| 12 | ‘ I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’ |
| 13 | I walk a lot — I like to have a good hour 's walk each day if I can . |
| 14 | ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time ! |
| 15 | I remember feeling a good deal embarrassed , which he imperturbably pretended not to notice , thereby perhaps further teaching me a lesson in Eliot-etiquette , though he was the last person deliberately to make anyone feel uneasy . |
| 16 | I was deter , you see I , I have to set a good example to Neil . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm a photographer , not a billionaire , so I needed to get a good idea going to pay for it all . |
| 18 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 19 | I do like a good organist , particularly when a traditional organ is used . |
| 20 | Whilst I admit that not everyone of my class members have joined I do have a good percentage mostly I feel sure through loyalty to me as their teacher . |
| 21 | Steve Mclaren came back in , back back in I think did a good job , Mickey Lewis tackles and , and everything there , Les is a good pass the ball so , the three of them in there , er tomorrow night , should be able to pass the ball around . |
| 22 | ‘ I think having a good relationship is the most important thing in the whole world . ’ |
| 23 | Actually I did have a good party once . |
| 24 | at two o'clock on Saturdays and whizzes round the town doing wheelies round the town so I said to him last night Scott sit down I want you to read something , I said take a good look at the paper , I said it could 've been you , doing that , you think you 're so fucking clever and big running round the town , I said it only takes you to lose control go up the bloody curb and bang , that 's what happened , I said think about what the hell you 're doing |
| 25 | The ‘ ghost ’ was now exorcised , without fuss or argument , and I had lost a good source of revenue . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I 've written a good deal about traps . |
| 28 | I 'll feel that I 've lost a good friend . |
| 29 | I 've lived a good life . |
| 30 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |