Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three Choirs has built up a good reputation and has proved popular with wine buyers . |
| 2 | The Mental Health Act 1983 has stirred up a good deal of argument and controversy , which is , arguably , a very good thing in an area where individual liberty is at such risk . |
| 3 | It was heavy to get on board singlehanded , but I 'd worked out a good method of lifting it with a spare halliard fitted with a simple purchase . |
| 4 | He made a bad Budget error on the threshold of the succession , many Tory MPs were said to prefer ( of all people ) Inskip , and there seems no doubt that Baldwin , had he wished , could have stirred up a good cauldron of uncertainty . |
| 5 | So that had she been able to take her history exam , she would have needed rather a good grade there , perhaps a better grade than her past performance suggested she would have attained . |
| 6 | He might have put up a good show the other day , but that was because he was frightened . |
| 7 | I felt a little guilty at leaving the Websters , as we had developed quite a good relationship . |
| 8 | All right , yes , ’ knowing that she would n't be able to do it ; there were so many factors against it : the old woman along the corridor depending on her ; Charlie , who had given up a good part of his life waiting for her . |
| 9 | I had given up a good job to go there and when I came back after the adventure I had looked forward to for so long , I was very disappointed with myself . |
| 10 | They had done quite a good job , Holly could see that , in containing the fire . |
| 11 | While acknowledging that there were some schools which had built up a good range of resources and had successfully integrated their school library with the teaching and learning taking place in the school , it appeared at this time that many demonstrated one or all of the following basic problems : |
| 12 | Those schools which had built up a good resource collection appeared to have allocated additional capitation to the school library or to have raised extra funds from other sources . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , my husband says I 've got rather a good voice , ’ she responded . |
| 14 | on the road er They 've got quite a good selection now . |
| 15 | So you 've got quite a good relationship |
| 16 | you 're , you 've got quite a good backbone there but you have n't got anything that really grabs my emotions . |
| 17 | No , I think he 's , I said to Robert I 've got quite a good streak cos I 've never seen Sally |
| 18 | but they 've had quite a good dinnertime today so I think they 're letting her stop a bit longer . |
| 19 | If you did n't see it , it 's a tricky one but there 's a good way , we 've brought up a good point as well , if we look at the car when the car comes up , who said Polo ? |
| 20 | During her years as team manager she had set up a good system for running the team , organising training camps and equipment sponsors and felt that her energy could now be better spent on developing the sport at grass-root level . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've taken up a good deal of your time for no purpose Mr. Preston . |
| 22 | ‘ The producers told me later that I got the job because of the winning chemistry between us — and that Pauline had put in a good word for me . |
| 23 | First , a return to viewing the landscape in totality , rather than the sum of its component parts , and second , a much greater emphasis on the preferences of the general public , rather than professional people , even though some studies have shown quite a good correlation between the two ( Preece , 1980 ) . |
| 24 | We have shown how a good idea and some hard work can provide the ideal opportunity to bring jobseekers and businesses together . |
| 25 | Now this psychology , there 's absolutely loads of stuff on it so and the Maitlin book 's got quite a good coverage of it , so I 'll go over it quite quickly , alright ? |
| 26 | for the Water Board so he 's got quite a good job you know , but erm , I 'm , we could n't afford to put the other through the apprentice because I mean you had n't got the money had you then |
| 27 | This was a wonderful opportunity to continue to network European wide and the WASL representatives have brought back a good range of catalogues and information about new women artists groups for the archive . |
| 28 | she can only go round with two sticks and she gets er while Beryl 's here in house but erm the brave little kid she er did a degree in erm art and costume design , you know , dress design with a erm and she 's set up a good business at home . |
| 29 | You must gauge for yourself whether or not you have struck up a good relationship with the interviewer and whether a letter would work for you or against you . |