Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even though , as readers of the fabliaux , we may spend a good deal of time smiling at the preposterous ingenuity of gross deceptions and misdeeds — in other words things that are generically wrongs in terms of conventional Christian morality — we have already seen that substantial elements of positive Christian spirituality and conventional morality are widely represented amongst the French fabliaux .
2 There was , however , no necessity for us to go down the hill for water , for if we continued a little further we should find a good spring on the road .
3 We must get a good Virgin again .
4 Got another couple of clients in the office right now , but we 'll have a good heart-to-heart when I ring you back .
5 We 'll have a good look at him . ’
6 ‘ Just whip these in and then we 'll have a good look at you .
7 One day I 'll tell Stuart about the flowers and what I did with them and I expect we 'll have a good laugh with Oliver as well .
8 And the young lads are listening and learning erm so hopefully , in a couple of years we 'll have a good side over here .
9 Grating ginger , Phoebe Snow on the stereo thank you but I 'm just lookin ' , sipping wine , a wry smile damping her forest fire , she thought , at least we 'll have a good meal .
10 ‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began .
11 Me brother and the two bairns are coming the morrow and we 'll have a good time .
12 We 'll get a good price this year , what with the devaluation of the Green pound , ’ says the 41-year-old Ruscoe , his Stoke accent resonating across the Orkney landscape .
13 Chana Orloff , who was sitting next to her husband and Modigliani , was a little worried by the grandiose gesture , but the men shrugged and said : ‘ We 'll get a good meal ’ .
14 We might get a good ideas of the shape of the man we are promoting but do we really know the " shape " of the job he is going into ?
15 Dear Mr Westgate , I think we should have more footpaths or we might have a good chance of being killed .
16 If we could find a good home , you would at least be warm . ’
17 We 'd want a good description to make sure the right property goes back to the right owner .
18 ‘ I thought we 'd have a good laugh when you came in , ’ she complained .
19 We 'd have a good chance of overpowering them . ’
20 We 'd have a good time . "
21 Erm I do n't know erm how it is like , as I say because I , I 've been left now ten years eleven , eleven in May er so erm I , I really , I do n't know what , how things are with the er with the employees really you know , but erm I used to enjoys my meetings once a month erm and I think everybody seemed fair , we got and of course , according to the Co- magazine that we have , that Focus , they always send me one of those still and er I mean , you 've got er , we used to have a good football team and I think they 've still got a sports team have n't they ?
22 As we explore the ramifications of their anatomy we shall encounter a good deal of the stupidity , the greed and self-interest , the plain conservatism — just human resistance to change of any kind — as well as the pure evil of human nature , working itself out in bricks and stone and mortar .
23 That way we shall have a good idea of all the different kinds of rose , where to look to find the right variety to suit a particular purpose , and more importantly , where not to look , and what to leave alone .
24 We shall have a good deal more to say about this in a later chapter .
25 We shall have a good deal to discuss , you know .
26 Although the Minister 's welcome acceptance of my invitation will bring confidence to the people of Southend that their serious problems with the Fenchurch street line are not being ignored , can he give some information soon about the replacement of the rolling stock , following his welcome assurance that we will have a good bit of money for the replacement of the signalling ?
27 ‘ I am determined we will have a good time .
28 Schiller said : ‘ We will get a good deal . ’
29 Well I think we can identify a good reason for this .
30 Parents today are far more responsible , they 're , they sort of say no erm we wo n't we 'll only have the number of children we can give a good start in life to .
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