Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] [prep] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've heard of a better one in Hall Road , just as cheap . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've spoken to a good few people who are very annoyed . ’ |
| 4 | I have read of a good bishop that was to be burnt for his religion ; and he tried how he could bear it , by putting his fingers into the lighted candle : so I t' other day tried , when Rachel 's back was turned , if I could not scour a pewter plate she had begun . |
| 5 | I have read of a good bishop that was to be burnt for his religion . |
| 6 | Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs . |
| 7 | ‘ At least , ’ said Penny Warlock , ‘ you can say you have taught in a good school . |
| 8 | They had come in a good strong box , which Boy had kept . |
| 9 | When landlords refused to open their granaries , he went with an army of tribal people to loot them , promising to return what they had taken in a better season . |
| 10 | However , he has insisted on a better system of debtor management with a proper analysis of debtor accounts and a tighter credit policy , has required full explanations of any discounted room rates or complimentaries and has introduced spot checks to compare the Housekeeper 's reports and Reception 's daily letting reports . |
| 11 | I have used some of the things that he has done as a good example to myself . |
| 12 | ( Nor , it may be added , was it only in the nineteenth century that this stratagem was adopted : it has figured in a good deal of more recent writing as well . |
| 13 | He shuffled , he stamped , he stayed well back in the shelter of the narrow brick passageway that he 'd found as a better lookout point . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sad that it folded , but it 's come at a good time , ’ she tells me . |