Example sentences of "he have [vb pp] a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through .
3 Robson , who watched Rocastle last Saturday , said : ‘ He has made a good start to the season .
4 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 .
5 Obviously he is entitled to it if he has got a good case .
6 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 .
7 Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week .
8 There are earlier Berman recordings of nearly all the pieces in this latest recital ; in no instance is the interpretation all that different ( though he has found a better edition of Funérailles ) and in most it is rather less satisfying .
9 He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him .
10 The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one .
11 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 .
12 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 ?
13 If I was a less trusting soul I 'd have said he 'd had a good lunch .
14 I just hoped he 'd had a good surveyor on the job before committing himself .
15 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 .
16 He 'd had a good line going with a number of the wives out here — what man had n't ?
17 He 'd booked a good table at The Palace .
18 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 ?
19 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 .
20 But he had lit a good coal fire in his bar .
21 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 .
22 His educational opportunities had been considerable and he had seen a good deal of Russian government from the inside .
23 I was sad to see him die , because he had become a good friend .
24 He thought he had done a good job .
25 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 .
26 But now that he had had a good sleep , he could see that Strawberry was really a harmless , decent sort of fellow .
27 When he got back , Pat asked him if he had had a good holiday .
28 I quickly talked him out of that , telling him that he must find out the truth before passing judgment , and reminding him that he had had a good marriage .
29 He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off .
30 ‘ Well , since everyone 's giving speeches , I may as well take a turn , ’ he said , and it was at once apparent from his voice that he had had a good deal to drink .
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