Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] had good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally found that she had good abilities in this area . |
| 2 | All except one had good mobility ; none was incontinent ; none wandered from home . |
| 3 | It would be a defence for a person charged to prove that he/she had good reason or lawful authority for having the article with him or her in a public place . |
| 4 | Otherwise , Sainsbury 's considered that they had good connections in the retail trade — especially through their joint-venture with British Home Stores — and thus their own recruiting facilities were usually adequate . |
| 5 | If the security services were so concerned about this then it clearly suggests that they had good reason to believe that Blake had not been forgotten by the Russians . |
| 6 | The continuing electoral hegemony of the Conservatives rested not only on the division of the anti-Tory vote between Labour and Liberals , but also on the fact that large numbers of manual and white-collar workers , benefiting from the rapid growth of new industries , services and housing in the Midlands and the South of England , felt that they had good reason to be grateful to the Government . |
| 7 | After sitting in the stalls and watching the summer show , the other two were convinced that they had good reason enough to want him . |
| 8 | To those who argued that the policy was deluded , its sponsors could answer that it had good aims in view ; indeed , the more glaring the disappointment , the more glowing the colours in which those aims were painted . |
| 9 | Piggy felt that he had good leadership qualities , and during the voting , he held back to see if anybody was left to vote for him . |
| 10 | Piggy felt that he had good leadership qualities and during the voting he held back to see if anyone would vote for him . |
| 11 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 12 | That Act also places the onus on the knife carrier to show that he had good reason for possessing it in public . |
| 13 | She moved , uncomfortably aware that he had good reason to be annoyed . |
| 14 | One thing you could say for Daine is that he had good taste in furniture . |
| 15 | That he had good cause is suggested by the fact that the raid is mentioned in the legal formulae of the Auvergne as being a time of great destruction . |
| 16 | Mel Smith took a sideswipe at Nigel Kennedy with his announcement that he had good news for music lovers — the violinist 's appearance had been cancelled . |
| 17 | She 'd she certainly did n't want the money cos she 'd got , her husband was a er you know she had er money from her husband and she had good wages at the you see with her being in charge er she had quite good wages . |
| 18 | That 's what they were doing , and then if you made too much slate this month , the following month they 'd drop your bonus down , so as to see as to keep you on the same level , so you could n't go any higher if you if you had good slate and worked your guts out . |
| 19 | We had good education and we had good teachers , |
| 20 | They were the Bay City Rollers meets The Hammer Of The Gods — except they did n't dress crap and they had good hair . |
| 21 | ‘ I grew anxious when you did not appear , but you had good reason , and I 'm glad of your foresight in this matter . ’ |
| 22 | After all , Beatrix would n't have sent her anything unless she had good reason to think it would be kept from Maurice . |
| 23 | People did n't argue unless they had good cause , and a fair amount of courage . |
| 24 | But he had good reasons . |
| 25 | The house had not the vistas or the parkland of Auckland Castle , and its chapel could hardly compete with the chapel at Auckland , but it had good walks along the Ouse . |
| 26 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 27 | When depressed she was beset with ‘ sudden sorrow and grief ’ , afraid of eternal damnation , ‘ mourned and sorrowed as though God had forsaken her ’ , suffering her ‘ to have as many evil thoughts as before she had good ones ’ . |
| 28 | Only Lieutenant Cherry , my husband , and Leading Seaman Webster were left of that crew , as they had good reasons for leaving her . |
| 29 | Very good at setting up cars , he was less fortunate in his choice of engineers and , when he had good ones , did not know how to leave well enough alone . |
| 30 | Jones 's book remained untouched on the shelves of Northumbria 's modest library in its first two years , even though it had good reviews ; and the influence of his research has been all but negligible . |