Example sentences of "had a good [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Hodge had a good header turned round the post by the keeper , and from the resulting corner the header was cleared off the line by an Ipswich defender . |
2 | We found a crew for the ship at the port , and then had a good voyage home . |
3 | Power-sharing had a good name in the West . |
4 | Frequently in trouble were ‘ foreigners ’ from East Looe who would cross the river to steal soil from the common ; presumably it had a good name for fertility . |
5 | Rouget de Lisle had a very unfortunate end to his life , because erm , he was , he had a good position , but he lost it . |
6 | ‘ Had a good night , barely any temperature , eating a drop of soup . ’ |
7 | Frustrating it was , but somehow I still had a good night out . |
8 | So we lost , but went down fighting , and had a good night out an all . |
9 | At the end of the night , the luck was with the opposition , but Roy and Judy still had a good night out . |
10 | A doctor had a good night 's sleep at the weekend among frozen prawns . |
11 | They had a good night 's sleep but they had a tremendous job waking up this morning . |
12 | Her aunt , Lesley Burns , said : ‘ Laura had a good night 's sleep . |
13 | doing a bit of research oh erm had a good night last night , I went to see Mary , did I tell you |
14 | Had a good night did n't we ? |
15 | It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows . |
16 | Apart from collecting money from the offertory at Mass , which was always very well attended , they had a good income from what they charged individuals to have Masses said for the souls of the dead . |
17 | Doctor Teesdale was unmarried , and had a good income of his own . |
18 | It pointed out that he had a good defence to the action , namely that he was not responsible for publication . |
19 | It looked good and had a good choice of books . ’ |
20 | She did n't respond to allopathic painkillers , developed vomiting and diarrhoea and then had a good response to Arsenicum Album LM4 but having recovered from the acute was experiencing some return of anxiety symptoms . |
21 | We had a good response to our appeal for Americana , with flags and documents and American Indian artefacts to put in an exhibition . |
22 | The Association had a good press . |
23 | Lisa had a good degree from some northern university and had little trouble finding herself a job in a proper publishing house — 'Biding my time , ’ she said laughing . |
24 | He had a good degree in art history , and had he not gone in for politics he might have made a name for himself as an art historian . |
25 | In one of his speeches , the right hon. Gentleman spoke of a council that met once a year to put out contracts , had a good lunch and then went home . |
26 | They had a good artist . |
27 | I kept Joanna in commission , her food locker in the small cuddy where I both cooked and slept well stocked with keeping-stores , and she had a good reserve of fuel for the outboard . |
28 | Against this learned account , I have to weigh what it felt like at the time , and the message of the history that was delivered up to me in small doses : that not being hungry and having a bed to sleep in at night , we had a good childhood , were better than other people , were lucky little girls . |
29 | It still had a good edge . |
30 | Well , I had a good weekend . |