Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [noun] [prep] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The collapse of the command economy has given way to a good deal of racketeering and corruption . |
| 2 | You would have put £10,000 towards a good cause — but it would only have cost you £6,000 , because you would have saved the rest in tax . |
| 3 | ‘ Undoubtedly if the justices had proceeded to adjudicate on the case either by convicting or by acquitting the defendant , that would have afforded ground for a good plea to the indictment , but I can not see why the fact that the justices at first said they would deal summarily with the case and afterwards changed their minds should be said to have deprived quarter sessions of jurisdiction . |
| 4 | By Easter heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year , and in the summer and autumn food riots broke out in the country at large as the price of a quartern loaf — where one could be had at all — rose from 3d. to over 1s . |
| 5 | Jane 's done sort of a good thing by getting out , but she 's gon na have to be an idiot |
| 6 | Many fittings have tapered threads for a better seal . |