Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Northern Foods had always had a good name locally , and had earned respect for its relations with its workers . |
| 3 | Mr Wilson had also said a good deal about modernizing the machinery of government . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It forms a bypass around Crowmarsh Gifford and had previously had a good safety record . |
| 8 | 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 . |