Example sentences of "to have [adj] good " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is n't given to everyone to have that good fortune , ’ he said rather stiffly , for he often found it difficult to know what to say about Penelope .
2 WELLINGTON COLLEGE seem certain to have another good season , their latest victory being against St Edward 's , Oxford , 17-3 , writes Our Correspondent .
3 There 's been so much doom and gloom around it 's nice to have some good news . ’
4 And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out .
5 ‘ I hope to have some good news for you soon . ’
6 Well you used to have some good effective carts there .
7 I mean we 've got the Chancellor saying we 're going into recession , and now , now we seem to have some good news .
8 But Carol said she is baffled over how the girls came to have such good singing voices .
9 ‘ Many of our customers could not understand why we might have only one style of nightdress or long-sleeved blouse , but it was because Laura was trying to evolve the most perfect example of that particular item and believed it was more important to have one good example of each than several skirts and dresses , ’ Moira explains .
10 Commenting on the report , FAO director-general Edouard Saouma said : " Are we going to have enough good land to feed the extra 2.6 billion people who will be on this planet by the year 2025 ? "
11 Jonadab had an ambition , fired with a little conceit , to have any good quality grey shirehorses in the area attributed to himself .
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