Example sentences of "[Wh pn] had a good [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No one suggested that there was an alternative candidate who had a better chance of defeating Heseltine .
2 Once William and his wife Mary ( who had a better claim to the throne than her husband ) were established as joint rulers in England they had , like the Republic thirty years earlier , to bring the rest of the territories of the King of England into obedience to the new authority .
3 There are wonderful paintings collected by earlier monarchs who had a better eye .
4 Mr David Mellor , who had a good election campaign , has all the right qualifications to be an arts and heritage supremo — if such a role really deserves Cabinet status .
5 She went , moving like a sleepwalker past Ned O'Mara , who might even be in love with her , past the ginger-haired barmaid who would have been happy to settle for Ned and therefore hated her , past the mousy-haired barmaid who had a good man of her own and could therefore afford to pity her .
6 At least 2 shots hit the bar … one from strach who had a good strike which was going in … it hit a sunderland player and looped up … still going in it looked … but hit the corner of post and crossbar .
7 She knew nothing of financial matters and had acted quite reasonably in placing her trust and confidence in a motor trader who had a good reputation in the area .
8 This phrase is proved as at point 5 , but as the case depends on this point , such evidence is best given by a reliable witness who had a good view of the vehicles concerned .
9 Joe Worrall who had a good game otherwise , decided this was a back pass .
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