Example sentences of "[verb] to have a good [noun] " in BNC.

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31 I 'm going to have a good time , she told herself firmly when she heard André 's knock on the door .
32 Whatever , Yeb walks past grabbing my arm and tells me we 're going to have a good time .
33 We seem to have a good time whenever we 're out and always have something to talk about , which is really great .
34 I 'll make sure May and June top up , because I 'm expecting to have a bad month in July , but because I 'm expecting to have a good month , I might as well go on holiday myself .
35 ‘ I like to have a good conversation with a boy . ’
36 ‘ I always like to have a good look round the Abbey . ’
37 I walk a lot — I like to have a good hour 's walk each day if I can .
38 ‘ I like a drink and I like to have a good time !
39 Well , I think the thing for me is I do n't feel like I have to look brilliant , I just like to have a good time .
40 He notes in passing that RISC has completely taken over the workstation and midrange server markets , is closing in on mainframes and minisupercomputers and is in process of displacing the second-ranking CISC chip , Motorola 's 68k from the high-end embedded market and appears to have a good shot at the emerging personal digital appliance market .
41 Patients attending the cystic fibrosis clinic in Melbourne were found to have a good outlook with respect to employment and social life , and a study at the Brompton Hospital characterising clinical and social features of patients attending its cystic fibrosis clinic found a similarly good outlook .
42 The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation .
43 People may buy shares in a target company simply because it has attracted the attentions of a potential offeror which is known to have a good eye for investment opportunities .
44 For he was employed by the LMS railway as a train guard , and guards were compelled to have a good knowledge of first-aid .
45 Al Gore , the vice-president , seems to have a good working relationship with the president .
46 The net result is like sitting in a club with all the right credentials but failing to have a good time .
47 Sing and try to have a good night 's sleep .
48 And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop .
49 What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop .
50 He was also believed to have a good relationship with Syrian leaders , especially Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam .
51 ‘ You got to have a good pair of legs and a good pair of lungs to go up there .
52 ‘ Rather than seeing total disagreement , I would prefer to have a good compromise , ’ he said .
53 As nephew of the late king , Edward appeared to have a good claim , indeed perhaps the best claim , to succeed him .
54 Monitor theory and reinforcement theory would seem to have a good deal in common .
55 Advantage of the easy access will be taken to have a good paint round with white paint — more light — and to install some exhaust silencing .
56 The fun-lover likes to have a good time .
57 It would n't do just to have straight furrows : a good ploughman also had to have a good top to the stetch — the furrows lying all flat and even .
58 The sergeant was chasing you round and if they came round and saw you coming out of a shop , you had to have a good explanation .
59 If you were asked which club it was , you just had to have a good reason for choosing it .
60 Recovering drug addict Jamie , 38 , says he is determined to have a good relationship with his son and break the ‘ bad luck ’ that has cursed the family for years .
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