Example sentences of "to have a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Please take the break to have a good rest , because you never know when The Marauders will be coming to visit you ’ . |
| 32 | It would n't do just to have straight furrows : a good ploughman also had to have a good top to the stetch — the furrows lying all flat and even . |
| 33 | The organisation making the most economic use of nurses may expect to have a good proportion of its staff on part-time contracts . |
| 34 | The chances are that the punters only know an error has been made if the drummer decides to smirk at the guitarist , or the guitarist turns away from the audience to have a good laugh at the keyboard player . |
| 35 | The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation . |
| 36 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 37 | Well you heard what he said he wants his children to have a good education and he pushes them all the time , they 've got ta if they do anything |
| 38 | I would imagine it 'll be a very , very similar sort of game , er hopefully we 'll get the right result , but it 's good for the club to have a good run . |
| 39 | You know that it is extremely risky to leave the choice late and that , at the very latest , you must be organised in time to have a good look at the proposed field and to get into a good position for a proper base leg . |
| 40 | ‘ I want to have a good look round Mr Livesey 's rooms . |
| 41 | A very large policeman was trying to keep them back , but they were pressing closer and closer , determined to have a good look at the two people who had so nearly lost their lives . |
| 42 | ‘ The home videos would allow the whole family to have a good look at our cars but in the relaxing atmosphere of their own homes . ’ |
| 43 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 44 | The exhibition provides a unique opportunity for anyone considering keeping a particular breed to have a good look , talk to the owner and make other helpful contacts . |
| 45 | And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop . |
| 46 | What I mean by that is er try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out the shop . |
| 47 | And they 're going to have a good look and you may need to do all sorts of interesting things , okay . |
| 48 | No , either he was up here to have a good look through one of the windows . |
| 49 | ‘ I always like to have a good look round the Abbey . ’ |
| 50 | One morning I hopped up on the fence to have a good look around and there , sunning herself in the patio window of the empty house , was the most gorgeous long-hair I 'd ever seen . |
| 51 | Tim leaned over to have a good look at him , but his foot slipped and he fell in . |
| 52 | It 's a very important part of being a good tennis player to have a good grip , very important . |
| 53 | I 'd like to have a good head on me . |
| 54 | All these jobs can be messy , and produce a lot of debris , so be sure to have a good clean-up so that new paintwork is not contaminated . |
| 55 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 56 | This required the ATB staff to have a good knowledge of the family situations of wives attending courses and to arrange course times that fitted in with the families ' needs and routines . |
| 57 | For he was employed by the LMS railway as a train guard , and guards were compelled to have a good knowledge of first-aid . |
| 58 | And of course , on the shooting , they used to have a good feed of you know in the mansion in the cellar . |
| 59 | I walk a lot — I like to have a good hour 's walk each day if I can . |
| 60 | It is more important to have a good character than to be clever or intelligent . |