Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 2 | Well , I said the usual pompous things but I had a good laugh when she rang off . |
| 3 | On one occasion he kicked at a fence which was enclosing a footpath , saying ' I have no respect for the Whigs , but I have a good deal of the Chartist in me' . |
| 4 | I have no clues about it , but I have a good vibe . ’ |
| 5 | She was not a beauty , it had to be said , but she had a good figure , enough sense to make a good wife and mother , was practical and kind-natured . |
| 6 | Controversy may have raged round the royal head of Marina Ogilvy but she had the good sense to choose a dress she could wear after her baby was born |
| 7 | But we had a good time and will definitely go again . |
| 8 | That was n't music , but we had a good time … and then , I do n't know , we do talk about other things , particularly I suppose the kind of fixes we 're both in . " |
| 9 | But we had a good time . |
| 10 | I know it 's an emotive subject but we have a good working relationship with the archaeological unit concerned . |
| 11 | He had n't known where to go , but he had a good instinct for direct , and he 'd reckoned as how a gateway had to be in the shell , far away from the heat sink as could be . |
| 12 | For much the same reason , you should never write a sentence like : ‘ B can argue that … but the argument will fail , ’ or ‘ B has committed such-and-such a crime , but he has a good defence . ’ |