Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adv] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is from that kind of what the Germans call fingerspitzen Gefühl — just from the smell of it — that I had a pretty good idea that North was spending a lot of his time on Central American things . |
| 2 | I had a pretty good idea what they wanted to discuss with me . |
| 3 | I had a pretty good marriage going with Vera . |
| 4 | I said I had a damn good go at her yesterday afternoon ! |
| 5 | ‘ I was lucky in that I was appointed as the group was beginning to take off so I had a very good relationship with the plc directors . |
| 6 | I had a very good man in to see to the heating and lighting , and the whole conversion was done professionally . |
| 7 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 8 | I had a very good knowledge of Edinburgh by the time I was five . |
| 9 | I was doing chequebooks and cards , and I had a very good run on them for about four months , but what with taking drugs and that I collapsed one time when I was working out on the street . |
| 10 | The length of the adjusted pack was enough to cater for my unusually long back and after making a small adjustment to the shoulder strap attachment plates which can be swivelled to close or widen the gap between them at the neck , I had a very good fit . |
| 11 | ‘ But I had a very good reason … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's just a knack and a not entirely reliable one , ’ the Doctor replied , ‘ but of course I had a very good teacher . ’ |
| 13 | I had a much better idea — Khat . |
| 14 | Oh I had a really good day today . |
| 15 | But I had a really good music teacher in high school and he taught me relative pitch . |
| 16 | Which was stupid — I mean , I had a really good girl right along with me the whole time . |
| 17 | And erm Joe his partner was there so I had a really good chat to him . |
| 18 | you know , but I mean at the moment I keep , he 's coming home some nights and , you know it like , he 'll come home and say I had a really good morning the kids were great , but as for the afternoon , and like he said when you 're teaching you 're only as good as your last lesson , you know |
| 19 | Then I got on and saw all those people and thought ‘ Hold on , they 're just folk ’ , and I had a really good sing-song . ’ |
| 20 | I had a really good time , went everywhere , went too the mountains . |
| 21 | Cos I had a really good view . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've a pretty good idea , now that I know of his existence . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've a very good nose for smells . ’ |
| 24 | As I told you , I have a jolly good tuck-in at the school lunch . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I have a pretty good idea of how you see me . ’ |
| 26 | I have a pretty good idea what Charlotte 's just-a-handful of also ran last-among-equals might be , although the press release does not name them for fear of diminishing the glory of Verbier 's triumph . |
| 27 | The positive things that have come out of the divorce are that I have a much better relationship with my children and I can read a book in bed and not have a jealous partner by my side trying to prevent me . |
| 28 | I have a very good idea who they will be and the bets are already placed , so for a bit more inside information , watch this space . |
| 29 | ‘ I have a very good reason for wanting Dana close to me . |
| 30 | ‘ I have a very good reason , as it happens . ’ |