Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [art] good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jews had a better chance of effecting the transition if , for example , they were recruited into the army as children . |
| 2 | Utilities had a good day , with electricity generators to the fore , but aerospace was the worst-performing sector of the day , led down by Smiths Industries on Eurofighter worries . |
| 3 | Anyway at least all our lads had a good rest this last two weeks , so it 'll be up and at 'em on Saturday . |
| 4 | Wood Group Engineering Contractors had a good year , maintaining last year 's levels of sales and profits . |
| 5 | Wood Group Engineering Contractors had a good year , maintaining its previous year 's levels of sales and profit . |
| 6 | I thought both full-backs had a good game , particularly with the lively attackers they were up against . |
| 7 | The two war-leaders had a good dinner alone together , and then a heavy drinking bout , typical of inter-Allied summit meetings of that period . |
| 8 | Smith reckons it 's about time Rangers had a good run in Europe . |
| 9 | The Spanish threat was by no means over and in 1590 , with Brittany occupied , the Spaniards had a good base to launch attacks on Cornwall . |
| 10 | Only the cats had a better reason ! |
| 11 | In retrospect , the Americans had a good case for opposing the invasion of Egypt , even if it was difficult to defend the bungling over the Aswan Dam loan that had sparked off the crisis . |
| 12 | The spokesman claimed 200 similar crossings had a good safety record and that there had been no accidents on Seal Sands Road since the crossing opened in the late 1970s . |
| 13 | Always made certain that the horses had the best hay . |
| 14 | Third XI League batsmen had a good day , with Mark Severn 's unbeaten 111 in Brentwood 's defeat of Ilford , Cyril Hickson 's 102 not out for Woodford Wells to beat Southend , and Jerry Trayler 's 122 not out in Gidea Park & Romford 's draw with Chingford . |
| 15 | Services had the best turnover growth of 8.3% , followed by Software at 5.1% and Multiple Services at 4.4% . |