Example sentences of "he [vb -s] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E needs a good romp in the fields , ’ and he looked at Willie , and I reckon you do an' all , he thought . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that the candidate who assists the examiner by carrying out the administrative instructions given to him creates a good impression . |
| 3 | He appreciates a good attempt at an answer even if the final result is not " correct " . |
| 4 | It is impossible to watch the towplane and the ground ahead during the climb out so that in the event of a launch failure the glider pilot has to look for a field , whereas in the normal tow position he has a good view of the fields ahead all the time . |
| 5 | If we read ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ through with Tate 's commentary at our elbow , we see at any given point what he means : he has a good ear , as we might expect from his own poems ( which are however metrical , as ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ is n't ) . |
| 6 | But Mr Ishihara has made a career out of being shocking , and he has a good motive . |
| 7 | He has a good reason . |
| 8 | He has a good action and if there had been anything wrong with the ball , he would have swung it too . |
| 9 | ‘ Good , ’ she said , ‘ I want to know anything you can tell me about the problem with the business , daddy is honest and straight , he has a good name and what 's more , he knows how to choose good leather , so what can have gone wrong ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He has a good leg , ’ the Dowager Countess confided in Lucille . |
| 11 | Primus , a resident of State A , believes that he has a good claim against Secundus , who lives in State B. Secundus does not acknowledge the rightness of the claim , so Primus must go to court . |
| 12 | He has a good education and will be able to mix with the upper classes . " |
| 13 | Though he has a good deal of contact with senior officials ( and in the northern agency spends most of his time at headquarters ) he has a strong loyalty to the field officers in his area , retaining from his own earlier experience as a field officer what he feels to be a sympathetic understanding of practical problems . |
| 14 | He has a good amount of strong , grey hair . |
| 15 | For much the same reason , you should never write a sentence like : ‘ B can argue that … but the argument will fail , ’ or ‘ B has committed such-and-such a crime , but he has a good defence . ’ |
| 16 | But he has a good Christian upbringing and outlook . |
| 17 | To some extent , the potential harshness of the strict liability rule is mitigated by the fact that , if a person acts in what he takes to be self-defence when he is confronted by another whom he does not realise to be a constable , he has a good defence to the charge , because he is not guilty of an assault . |
| 18 | ‘ Actually he has a good neck , ’ Mandru said . |
| 19 | If the defendant can establish any of the defences mentioned in section 24(1) he has a good defence to any charge under the Trade Descriptions Acts . |
| 20 | He fights well , he mans and maintains his castles well — God knows not all in the marches do so ! — and he has a good grasp of tactics in the field . |
| 21 | If the accused later discovers the defect in title and sells the item without disclosing the defect , he will have obtained the sale price by deception , the deception being that he has a good title . |
| 22 | He has a good eye for passing and can play with both feet ( sort of ) even though he is right footed . |
| 23 | Rocastle will probably start tonight … lets hope he has a good run . |
| 24 | I could be wrong , and if Kelly plays I sincerely hope he has a good game for if he does n't he may not recover from it , as he will always be known for ‘ screwing it when the Republic needed a win in Windsor ’ . |
| 25 | Claire says she makes sure he has a good day out … and Allan says there 's no other way to learn or get better than just climbing |
| 26 | Jan says he has a good feeling about swindon and is hungry to do well and play in the premier league |
| 27 | Peter Scudamore says he has a good chance and he 's glad to see the rain |
| 28 | Manager Ray Hankin said : ‘ Mark was n't even interested in going to Motherwell he knows he has a good future here . ’ |
| 29 | He sounds like he needs a good rogering to wake him up . ’ |
| 30 | He must n't be expected to make an effort when he does n't feel like it , he must n't risk being hemmed in or bored , but everyone has to be ever so careful of his feelings , poor sensitive soul , and when he wants a good fuck he comes to obliging loving little Ruth because he can relieve himself and have his morale boosted without having to do a damned thing about it but get himself into your bed . ’ |