Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have [art] good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The presence of all these species also meant that I had a good chance of spotting the birds that preyed on them .
2 It was fortunate that I had a good friend of my own age , also called Wanda : we relished being gloomy together .
3 I can remember my grandfather , in the 1940s , telling me that I had a good bump of location .
4 He went on to say that he had heard from a mutual friend whom he had met in Alexandria that I had a good job , and added : ‘ Mother said , in an old letter which took months to reach me , that it was in the Foreign Office .
5 I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there .
6 I am still rather surprised that I had the good sense for once in my life to follow my hunch and come and see you .
7 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 .
8 The problem I 've got is is er I know what I want to do and you told me what are doing , so from that I have a good picture of what how I should approach it .
9 The prize for the winner , was to share her next dinner , and ensure that she had a good time .
10 It could now become evident that she had a good figure .
11 You should also make certain that she has a good tin-opener which she can use without difficulty .
12 I am convinced that she has a good intelligence , and understands what is proposed as treatment .
13 The first essential is to see that she has a good solicitor to advise her and sort out her husband 's affairs , making sure beforehand what his fee will be for the work he is going to do for her .
14 This er , your comment that you had a good look at the figures , severely confused the merchant bankers who are advising the Mirror group as they , they did n't feel that they 'd finalized the figures themselves .
15 I hope you are well , and that you had a good journey home .
16 But if you 're going to talk about countries like Turkey , for example , one of the provisions about membership is that there is no dispute as to boundaries , that there are no conflicts on your border , that you have a good humans right re human rights record .
17 You said that you have a good job — does n't it bring you into contact with all sorts ?
18 Make sure you read the instruction carefully and only begin when you are satisfied that you have a good understanding of what is needed .
19 " On second thoughts , Hazel remembers that we have a good story-teller among us .
20 I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know .
21 Nobody could claim that we have a good record of producing players , so the more debate and discussion we can engender , the better .
22 Even in Wessex and East Anglia the ravaged territories were not always particularly extensive at any one time , and much of the population may have reckoned that they had a good chance of escaping .
23 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 .
24 ‘ We 're very fortunate with Verve in that they have a good understanding of why I work and about the way in which I work .
25 Bear this in mind when using the foot sweep and ensure that it has a good chance of shifting the opponent by forcing him to lift his weight from the ankle to be attacked .
26 If an open fire is to be used , you should see that it has a good fire-guard .
27 We have been referred to several recent cases , of which Padfield v. Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food is the best example , in which the courts have stressed that in the ordinary way a minister should give reasons , and if he gives none the court may infer that he had no good reasons .
28 Their Lordships accepted that there was no general duty to provide reasons but attached a caveat , that if the preponderance of reasons pointed in favour of taking action and the Minister gave no explanation for taking a different course , the court would infer that he had no good reason and that he was misusing his authority .
29 The later epitaph suggests that he had a good knowledge of canon law : ‘ legis / doctorem tenuit illa ’ ( namely Gallia ) .
30 It pointed out that he had a good defence to the action , namely that he was not responsible for publication .
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