Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E 's got a good look on — it must be a bit o' good land . ’ |
| 2 | If the vendor is to feel that he has secured a good deal , then he , like the buyer , must feel that he has won some concessions . |
| 3 | He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through . |
| 4 | Robson , who watched Rocastle last Saturday , said : ‘ He has made a good start to the season . |
| 5 | The courts are generally concerned only with the question whether the promisor has made a bargain , not with whether he has made a good bargain . |
| 6 | Obviously he is entitled to it if he has got a good case . |
| 7 | Today he has shed a good deal of that ideology — his speech yesterday was social democratic through and through — but he remains devoid of the work experience relevant to his next task which is to convince the country that he , and Labour , are qualified to form the next government . |
| 8 | Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week . |
| 9 | When pointing out that someone keeps quiet because he wants to make a good impression , why not say so ? |
| 10 | A man gets tired of his business and his family , and he wants to have a good time . |
| 11 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |
| 12 | The CO sat in another rain-washed tent to receive Charles 's fairly smart salute and ask him if he 'd had a good day . |
| 13 | He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ? |
| 14 | If I was a less trusting soul I 'd have said he 'd had a good lunch . |
| 15 | I just hoped he 'd had a good surveyor on the job before committing himself . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He 'd had a good line going with a number of the wives out here — what man had n't ? |
| 18 | He 'd booked a good table at The Palace . |
| 19 | He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ? |
| 20 | He does remember Hollar from ten years ago and that he did get a good degree ( p. 52 ) , and his enthusiasm for the fact is indicated by the emphatic nature of his approbation — " Of course you did . |
| 21 | Yeah he did have a good go at us through Shane . |
| 22 | As long ago as 1172 Henry II had promised to mount a crusade and ever since then he had done nothing about it — though he had given a good deal of financial aid to the stricken kingdom . |
| 23 | But he had lit a good coal fire in his bar . |
| 24 | Rogers was thinking about a cricket match in which he had made a good score , reliving the running between the wickets as he bucketed about between the shell-bursts . |
| 25 | His educational opportunities had been considerable and he had seen a good deal of Russian government from the inside . |
| 26 | And he had to spend a good part of the campaign explaining that it meant caution and not complacency . |
| 27 | I was sad to see him die , because he had become a good friend . |
| 28 | He thought he had done a good job . |
| 29 | He had had a good day at the office and his head had not troubled him ; they seemed pleased with his work ; he had been looking forward to telling her about it over supper , and now this . |
| 30 | But now that he had had a good sleep , he could see that Strawberry was really a harmless , decent sort of fellow . |