Example sentences of "have have a good [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he 'd tell me stories or sing to me , and sometimes , after he 'd had a good tumblerful of whisky , he 'd slide his hand up my shorts and stroke my thigh . |
| 2 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
| 3 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 4 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 5 | No children , odd sex and , as a high churchman , he 'd really have had a better image of himself if he 'd managed to keep to celibacy . |
| 6 | If he had , he supposed that he would now have been in a much better position to help Celia , would have had a better understanding of what sometimes happened after giving birth . |
| 7 | This probably reflects the perceptions of the respondents rather than a real difference in the actual quality of life of the people who died , although staff members may have been more willing to act as respondents for residents they had got on well with , and those residents may have had a better quality of life because of their relationship with the staff . |
| 8 | Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ? |
| 9 | She could see that if the circumstances of their meeting had been happier they would have had a good drink of her mother 's secret stash of Bushmill 's and reminisced all night . |
| 10 | ‘ IF Bulgaria had qualified for Euro 92 they would have had a good chance of winning it . |
| 11 | In addition , among those for whom a staff member responded only one in twelve of those admitted during the last year of the life was felt to have had a good quality of life during that time compared with nearly half ( 46 per cent ) of those who had been in a home for a year or more . |
| 12 | In some ways , thought Henry , the man with whom Donald had been confused seemed to have had a better time of it . |
| 13 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
| 14 | The objectives of Rolls Royce had been met — a group of highly intelligent , well-motivated students had had a good experience of the engineering industry , and their interest in an engineering career had , by their own account , been greatly increased as a result . |
| 15 | He had had a good deal of experience of the deliberate malice of political adversaries , who felt for him a genuine fear that was replaced by contempt only for his lesser colleagues . |
| 16 | Fortunately he had had a good deal of practice in this . |
| 17 | No birds about at the moment but they 've had a good feed of chicken , but |
| 18 | We have had a good couple of months and we are fairly positive about the outlook for the remainder of the year . ’ |
| 19 | I think the main ingredient for success is that you have to have a good sense of timing . |
| 20 | To do this you have to have a good understanding of the materials . |