Example sentences of "would have [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending . |
| 2 | He would have liked a good cigar . ’ |
| 3 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 4 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 5 | Good Money would have made a good short , with a budget of , say , £75,000 . |
| 6 | He would have made he would have made a good Sun journalist . |
| 7 | She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung . |
| 8 | He himself could always eat ; he would have made a good soldier . |
| 9 | No , neither did I. Would have made a good headline , would n't it … |
| 10 | This village blacksmith was not a ‘ mighty man ’ at all ; in fact , he was much smaller than Micky , his twelve-year-old son , who would have made a good model for the Fat Boy in the Pickwick Papers . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think you would have made a good Empress ? ’ |
| 12 | If the title to the land had not been registered , the title of the daughter would , at worst , have been voidable , not void ; and under general principles of equity , mortgagees from the daughter in good faith and for value , without notice of the facts giving rise to the voidability , would have acquired a good title to their mortgages . |
| 13 | Any member of stab who went into the Biology Lab before her would have needed a good excuse to explain his presence there , unless , of course , he was a member of the Biology Department . |
| 14 | After an abortive attempt to merge with Standard Chartered , whose international network and weak UK base would have provided a good fit , the Midland started |
| 15 | ‘ The whole town pretended to be scandalised , but if the boot had been on the other foot — if Sidney , or anybody else for that matter , had done the same thing to Riddle — they would have had a good laugh and it would have been looked upon as good business . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ IF Bulgaria had qualified for Euro 92 they would have had a good chance of winning it . |
| 17 | She could see that if the circumstances of their meeting had been happier they would have had a good drink of her mother 's secret stash of Bushmill 's and reminisced all night . |
| 18 | She was a pretty woman and would have had a good figure had she not been pregnant . |