Example sentences of "[pers pn] have good [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I am certain of it , ’ he replied , but promptly settled her heartbeats to a dull , steady rhythm once more by adding , ‘ because of your car , did n't I have good reason to contact you ? ’ |
2 | The Mainbocher triumphs were spiced with occasional purchases in Paris , but on the whole she found French clothes too imposing : ‘ I had better things to do in Paris than go for endless fittings anyway . |
3 | I had better things to do than just sit in an office talking . |
4 | In each round I had good lane draws and ran comfortably . |
5 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
6 | B : Nicest — I had good fun |
7 | I had good reason then to suspect that it could well be . |
8 | I felt I had good cause . |
9 | I had good cause to enjoy the many favours bestowed upon me by my inspector friend with the Cambridge police . |
10 | I 've better things to do than make a fool of myself with you . |
11 | But I do n't like it here , and I 've good reason for going . |
12 | ‘ I know lobster is extortionately expensive here but you know I have good vibes about this contract … ’ |
13 | Thus , perhaps , I believe that my children are at present playing in the garden at home , and I have good reasons for this belief . |
14 | I have good reasons to be doubtful . |
15 | ‘ I have good managers , ’ he said , the corners of his mouth curving in amusement , and Claudia realised who he was . |
16 | I have good teeth and they 've been known to blind at five yards in strong sunlight . |
17 | I have good friends , and if I can keep my faculties — if my eyesight behaves itself and my hearing stays good — then I shall be content |
18 | ‘ Yes — and I have good neighbours which is pleasant . ’ |
19 | Just below the hump I could make out — I have good eyes — the dark outline of what must be the ruined broch , and beside that , in its shelter , was a speck of bright , alien orange . |
20 | I have good reason to remember a booklength early monograph of hers , published in the British journal of Animal Behaviour : it was almost the first text I ever read as an apprentice sub-editor . |
21 | Staying first of all with the Maggses — ‘ the first parents I had in four years and I have good reason for not putting parents in inverted commas ’ — in a small country town , he learned the respectable , middle-class way to do things : |
22 | ‘ I think I have good reason to feel sorry for myself ! ’ |
23 | ‘ I am so certain of my place here that I would have resigned anyway , and now I have good reason three times over … my nerve had already failed twice , and could n't do so again … . ’ |
24 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
25 | ‘ I have good reason for my request . ’ |
26 | I have good reason to believe the occupants are terrorists . |
27 | All in all , I think I have good reason to hate her . |
28 | I have good reason . |
29 | I have good days and bad days . |
30 | I also think I have good people around me . |