Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | So anyone who wants to study competition , travel and world capitalism in the 1980s for a PhD programme in fifty years time had better take a good look now . |
2 | At Sotheby 's New York on 21 October last , five clocks of second-rate quality ( the property of a collector who had already dispersed the best part of his collection ) sent auction prices rocketing . |
3 | He did n't hate her , and he certainly did n't want to hurt her , but he knew he had just done the best thing he could ever do for Sandra Bamfield . |
4 | Jonadab confirmed that the shepherd was not one for strong drink and was beginning to think that George had possibly made a good choice , when the old farmer and his wife came back along the line . |
5 | Northern Foods had always had a good name locally , and had earned respect for its relations with its workers . |
6 | Mr Wilson had also said a good deal about modernizing the machinery of government . |
7 | Anything less than a straight A disappointed me , and even when I had clearly gained the best grade in the class — a slightly alleviating factor-I still told myself that it was n't good enough . |
8 | ‘ Why does n't her nephew send her the money for the fare ? ’ asked Mary , one of the Sprites , who had often done a good turn for Miss Miggs . |
9 | Lamb had taken over the Northamptonshire leadership the previous season and had shown himself enthusiastic if inexperienced , but had then missed a good deal of the season through injury . |
10 | Mr Scott added that all the media attention since May had undoubtedly damaged the good image of the club . |
11 | Wood had evidently benefited a good deal more from his schooling than Stephenson , and unlike Stephenson 's , his work was based more on learning than on intuition . |
12 | It forms a bypass around Crowmarsh Gifford and had previously had a good safety record . |
13 | The citizens of Kettering had never seen a better ring , In fact no better pair of 'em " Take care of " me ! " they cried . |
14 | Her son , Lord Switham , was still a boy , but the two Misses Switham were of marriageable age , and their mother had cleverly secured a good match for the elder in her very first season . |