Example sentences of "i [verb] a good [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew I needed a good right to win . |
| 2 | Tt erm with the F P mailshot er I think a good question to ask would 've been why did you buy it , was there any reason behind it are you happy with it er when it came to referrals I mentioned the tennis club , something you could perhaps develop is , that 's interesting , which club is that |
| 3 | I think a good example to use with younger people with er pe with pensions as well is that the , the er the cutting down of funding that the government is making and it 's going to be hitting like the younger people and another important thing is like with the , with the Australia issue , I mean in Australia now it 's compulsory for everybody under the age of twenty five to have a personal pension and that r and that age rise is going to , that age limit is going to rise each time because they want to abolish the State pension completely and it was only , what , what about two months ago that there was , that there was er articles in I think it was The Times about them doing a similar operation in this country , you know ? |
| 4 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 5 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 6 | I 've a good mind to ask him for it after all . " |
| 7 | I 've a good mind to give it a miss . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've a good mind to go down to Mrs Wright 's now and get to the bottom of this , ’ said his Dad as Philip went upstairs . |
| 9 | I 've a good mind to go to the Bodega Bar with ye … they sell alcoholic beverages . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've a good mind to go and have it out with him here and now . |
| 11 | And there was a chap there — he was a sort of chapel preacher — and he says : ‘ Oh , ’ he say , ‘ I 've had enough on it ! ’ , he say , ‘ I 've a good mind to shoot myself , ’ he say , ‘ with this lot . |
| 12 | In fact , I 've a good mind to tell Sam on you . |
| 13 | So she said I 've a good mind to write to the manager so Bobby said you wan na leave well alone , forget he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've a good mind to get its number ! ’ |
| 15 | I have a good mind to ask you to serve full-time on my reporting staff , but I am selfish enough to want you to go on writing for me these exposés of low life , particularly the way in which such misery afflicts women . |