Example sentences of "that [pers pn] had good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally found that she had good abilities in this area . |
| 2 | If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did . |
| 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 | It therefore seems directly consistent with the theory that candidates were forbidden to try to persuade the voters that they had better policies or attitudes than other candidates : a directive which had distinctive consequences for the pattern of the contest . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Piggy felt that he had good leadership qualities and during the voting he held back to see if anyone would vote for him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | That Act also places the onus on the knife carrier to show that he had good reason for possessing it in public . |
| 14 | She moved , uncomfortably aware that he had good reason to be annoyed . |
| 15 | One thing you could say for Daine is that he had good taste in furniture . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |