Example sentences of "have be [vb pp] a good " in BNC.

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1 The tort has been extended a good deal since Lumley v. Gye and in its modern form its requirements may be summarised as follows .
2 ROBERT LEE has been promised a good reception today when First Division leaders Newcastle visit promotion rivals Charlton .
3 We might even have had a decent election and the country might have been saved a good deal earlier , but everyone knows that that is how we got here .
4 The single women who hitherto had been considered a good influence on the girls were relegated to obscurity whilst the married heterosexual women were left to emerge as the ( acceptable and healthy ) role models .
5 Earlier , Nina had been stretched a good many notches too tight ; now , she had snapped , and was flapping limply .
6 ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’
7 Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance .
8 No doubt they have been promised a good party in return .
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