Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] had a good [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path . |
2 | I 'd had a good week . |
3 | My letter was published in full , and I was pleased with myself , for two good reasons : my first literary effort had been accepted ; and I had had a good swipe at the evils of fascism , judging by the stream of supporting letters which followed . |
4 | I 've had a good run all week , I 've er |
5 | And he said : ‘ I 've had a good rest now and it remains to be seen whether I have still got it . |
6 | ‘ I 've had a good crack , ’ he says with unconscious irony . |
7 | ‘ I 've had a good look round , June , ’ he said . |
8 | ‘ Now , I 've had a good look around it and , you know , there 's nothing really wrong with it , it 's just very old — ’ |
9 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |
10 | I 've had a good life , on the whole . ’ |
11 | I just move some of this stuff out the way , I know , I 've had a good idea , a smart idea |
12 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
13 | ‘ Have a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'll feel better once I 've had a good cry ’ , ‘ I 'm worried about her , she has n't shed a tear since she had the news ’ , are all sayings which have a recognized place in our language . |
14 | ‘ I 've had a good week ’ , Helen said . |
15 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |
16 | Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough . |
17 | Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’ |
18 | I was very pleased that you 'd had a good go at that |
19 | If you 'd had a good horse , you asked for hol holiday with er , alright you 'd get it , you would n't do your horse , you know , they 'd take your horse off you . |
20 | Tomorrow , when she 'd had a good night 's sleep , she 'd be much better capable of dealing with him . |
21 | Poor old thing — but she 'd had a good life by all accounts . ’ |
22 | By now she 'd had a good look at him . |
23 | You 've had a good drink this week . |
24 | You 've had a good day out today |
25 | Yeah , so you 've had a good time then ? |
26 | if you 've had a good innings . |
27 | She had had a good time in her twenties : a good job as a doctor 's receptionist ( she had gone against the general rule for the species by being warm and sympathetic , though she stood no more nonsense than was inescapable ) . |
28 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
29 | I mean once she 's tidied up she 's nice looking when she 's had a good polish and what have you . |
30 | So anyway we 'd had a good look round and this ch church warden said hey you 'd better go and get some seats cos it 's going to get . |