Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 2 | Fifth I want to achieve a better delivery system — more cooperation with the tax system and better management . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got a visitor coming at six o'clock and I want to make a good impression on him — it 's twenty to four already . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 5 | I want to have a good talk with Mr Makepeace and Mr Farraday … ’ |
| 6 | Had I met you sooner I doubt I would have entered into it , but Maud 's father is influential and I hope to gain a better position at the hospital on his recommendation . ’ |
| 7 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 8 | ‘ Shut up , Ed , ’ said Joey dispassionately , ‘ I like to hear a good story . |
| 9 | ‘ I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’ |
| 10 | I walk a lot — I like to have a good hour 's walk each day if I can . |
| 11 | ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time ! |
| 12 | I remember feeling a good deal embarrassed , which he imperturbably pretended not to notice , thereby perhaps further teaching me a lesson in Eliot-etiquette , though he was the last person deliberately to make anyone feel uneasy . |
| 13 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 14 | I do n't want to be like a film star , but I do want a better quality of life and I 've got that with H R T ! |
| 15 | ‘ I do like a good Jeffrey Archer , ’ said Hyacinth . |
| 16 | I do like a good organist , particularly when a traditional organ is used . |
| 17 | Whilst I admit that not everyone of my class members have joined I do have a good percentage mostly I feel sure through loyalty to me as their teacher . |
| 18 | Steve Mclaren came back in , back back in I think did a good job , Mickey Lewis tackles and , and everything there , Les is a good pass the ball so , the three of them in there , er tomorrow night , should be able to pass the ball around . |
| 19 | ‘ I think having a good relationship is the most important thing in the whole world . ’ |
| 20 | I 've written a good deal about traps . |
| 21 | I 'll feel that I 've lost a good friend . |
| 22 | I 've lived a good life . |
| 23 | And Ipswich team manager Mick McGiven , Monkou 's former coach at Stamford Bridge , said : ‘ I do n't think I 've seen a better marking job on Chris . ’ |
| 24 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 25 | And when I 've done a good lesson — whatever that means — when it 's gone down well . |
| 26 | I 've lost count of the times I 've made a good catch and returned the next night ( or day as the case may be ) only to blank or , at best , catch a fraction of the previous night 's catch . |
| 27 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 28 | I 've had a good run all week , I 've er |
| 29 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |