Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] good [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So when my cousin rang to ask ‘ which machine ’ , I said I 'd had good results and so on . |
2 | I had heard good reports of the Tesoro Silver Sabre Plus ( especially when fitted with a large coil ) . |
3 | Because another way in which I had to throw good money after bad was that after he died once I started having things done in the house they kept on turning up things that he had done that were absolutely N B G |
4 | I was not in the least keen , but when it became clear to me that my intervention would be frowned upon only slightly by my television clients , added to the fact that I had established good relations with George Elvin , the ACTT 's general secretary , it seemed to me that there might be some sense in intervening . |
5 | But I 've heard good reports |
6 | ‘ Well , I 'm hoping I 've made good use of them . ’ |
7 | ‘ But only after I 've made good use of them ! ’ |
8 | I 've had good Christmases since but it 's a feeling I can not shed . |
9 | Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees . |
10 | I 've got good teeth so why not show them ? |
11 | But I 've got good news , lass ! ’ |
12 | I 've got good news — guess what ? ’ |
13 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |
14 | I have seen Koi survive and thrive in the most unlikely ponds , providing their owners provide knowledgeable TLC , and I have witnessed good carp caught by anglers using rods apparently fit only to support runner beans . |
15 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
16 | I have heard good things of the ARB air-locking diffs . |
17 | I regard myself as a service provider and I have to build good relations with other members of the company . |
18 | I have had good catches before the moon rises and have also done well after it has set , but periods when the moon is bright at night are best ignored . |
19 | I am claiming I have got good proof about jobs not being advertised . ’ |
20 | And then I come down to Kerry all winter because it 's not good for me to stay up there myself all winter and I have got good lodgings here . |
21 | Pacioli 2000 , which has received good reviews in the computer press , is a fully integrated accounts package suitable for small businesses . |
22 | Yes , there has been more consistency , a following of the capitalist competitive dream , which has paid good dividends . |
23 | It is an amazing success story for a company which has known good times — and bad . |
24 | The old studio system which had produced good writers , good directors , good stars , good movies , was breaking up and bits of it were sliding all over the ancient and sacred lots . |
25 | The government , which had had good relations with Iraq , stressed its desire for a peaceful Arab solution to the conflict . |
26 | You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’ |
27 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
28 | ‘ You 've made good speed , ’ said Hotspur when they were alone . |
29 | When you 've got good clothes and things you feel better . |
30 | ‘ But it 's funny , ’ he said , ‘ how lucky you can get if you 've got good soil . |