Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 — ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 'd had a good week . |
| 5 | And I 'd have shot myself if we lost because I 'd wasted a good chance just before the goal . ’ |
| 6 | I was deter , you see I , I have to set a good example to Neil . |
| 7 | The ‘ ghost ’ was now exorcised , without fuss or argument , and I had lost a good source of revenue . |
| 8 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've written a good deal about traps . |
| 11 | I 'll feel that I 've lost a good friend . |
| 12 | I 've lived a good life . |
| 13 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 14 | And when I 've done a good lesson — whatever that means — when it 's gone down well . |
| 15 | I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch . |
| 16 | I 've had a good run all week , I 've er |
| 17 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had a good look round , June , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ Now , I 've had a good look around it and , you know , there 's nothing really wrong with it , it 's just very old — ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |
| 22 | I 've had a good life , on the whole . ’ |
| 23 | I just move some of this stuff out the way , I know , I 've had a good idea , a smart idea |
| 24 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 25 | ‘ Have a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'll feel better once I 've had a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'm worried about her , she has n't shed a tear since she had the news ’ , are all sayings which have a recognized place in our language . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had a good week ’ , Helen said . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , Charles , I 've taken a good look at your latest victim . |
| 28 | It 's not exactly a skill , but , I 've got good erm , at work I 've got a good memory , like a knowledge of all the different items an the counter . |
| 29 | John came down to Barking , he was n't a General Secretary he was just an officer , and I remember cos I 've got a good memory John what you said to me . |
| 30 | I 've got a good friend , too , who 's a bit of a do-gooder . |