Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a good [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 4 | Unless you have a good reason for standing over there I should come out and get some fresh air . |
| 5 | 1 Entertain only if you have a good reason for doing so and only if you have something of value to impart to the guest . |
| 6 | my Lord , no , er if you have a good reason for preventing someone who is capable of being a competitor , eighty five applies but you can only exempt , if you 've got a good reason for preventing someone who is incapable of being a competitor then eighty five one is inapplicable . |
| 7 | Sit it beside Donald Bennet and Bill Wallace 's Ski Mountaineering in Scotland guide and you have a good guide for every ski touring eventuality . |
| 8 | They had a good reputation for being able to develop mechanical ideas if you briefed them well ( they had already built the TARDIS console for Peter Brachaki ) . |
| 9 | For this to occur , developers should ensure that they have a good reputation for fair dealing and an established relationship with local and national estate agents . |
| 10 | They have a better reputation for reusability , |
| 11 | I could be wrong , and if Kelly plays I sincerely hope he has a good game for if he does n't he may not recover from it , as he will always be known for ‘ screwing it when the Republic needed a win in Windsor ’ . |
| 12 | He has a good eye for passing and can play with both feet ( sort of ) even though he is right footed . |
| 13 | My ‘ Grudger ’ is an example of this ; it has a good memory for faces , and although fundamentally cooperative it defects if the other player has ever defected before . |
| 14 | Frequently in trouble were ‘ foreigners ’ from East Looe who would cross the river to steal soil from the common ; presumably it had a good name for fertility . |
| 15 | He had a good head for numbers , and recited it all the way down St Martin 's Lane and into Monmouth Street ; then he went in a shop for a coffee and wrote it down on one of the paper napkins . |
| 16 | He had n't known where to go , but he had a good instinct for direct , and he 'd reckoned as how a gateway had to be in the shell , far away from the heat sink as could be . |
| 17 | He had a good eye for a defensible site , had St Kentigern . ’ |
| 18 | He had a good ear for language , and was a talented scholar , translator , and lyric poet . |
| 19 | For this purpose the employer must show that he had a good reason for sacking the employee . |