Example sentences of "had a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week . |
| 2 | While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ? |
| 3 | That will no doubt be done by the press , clearly bored at not having had a good scandal to get its teeth into for all of two months . |
| 4 | So everyone working on the door at Ronnie 's had a good laugh at us while Strummer was hustling to get us in . |
| 5 | He and Charlie had had a good laugh over that particular house , but there had been something serious in Charlie 's laughter and Jack had guessed he aimed high . |
| 6 | ‘ Have you had a good day , Omi ? ’ she asked , sitting with her grandmother . |
| 7 | Once Barbara had had a good look at her new style in the mirror , she was very pleased with the change . |
| 8 | Its Swallow Hotels have had a good year , helped by the first full year 's trading at Peterborough and Waltham Abbey . |
| 9 | Of the players , Gooch in particular had had a good tour and was really beginning to fulfil his potential , but the difference between the two bowling attacks seemed just to be increasing . |
| 10 | Next day , Thomas , who had had a good tour so far , bowled poorly and paid the price ; Botham , by contrast , had had an awful tour , but now he bowled well and took five wickets as a result . |
| 11 | Gatting in particular had had a good series , batting well and leading the team excellently ; with the first Test then drawn under his leadership , how different the rest of the summer might have been had he not invited the famous barmaid to his room . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've had a good few of them , Mummy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ This place has had a good going over ! |
| 14 | The CO sat in another rain-washed tent to receive Charles 's fairly smart salute and ask him if he 'd had a good day . |
| 15 | He 'd never had a good word to say for them before , a bunch o' thieving magpies , he always said , living off the fat of the land while he had to pay taxes to keep 'em . |
| 16 | Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Young people become homeless because they can not get a job and they can not get a job because they have not had a good education . ’ |
| 18 | Irrespective of the final battle , Mr Ashdown has had a good war . |
| 19 | In addition , among those for whom a staff member responded only one in twelve of those admitted during the last year of the life was felt to have had a good quality of life during that time compared with nearly half ( 46 per cent ) of those who had been in a home for a year or more . |
| 20 | I quickly talked him out of that , telling him that he must find out the truth before passing judgment , and reminding him that he had had a good marriage . |
| 21 | They had had a good run for their money and there were still thousands of reels of tape to be analysed and matched against other intelligence sources . |
| 22 | ‘ You two appear to have had a good time , ’ Maggie said with a smile . |
| 23 | He was a contented man for he had a good wife , a prosperous farm in Upper Caversham some four miles from Reading market , had had a good season and a financially successful day . |
| 24 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 25 | Ach well , we 've had a good run , ’ he grinned . |
| 26 | I 've had a good long life — well , a long life , eh , Father Kenneth ? — and I 'm not right done yet . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , since everyone 's giving speeches , I may as well take a turn , ’ he said , and it was at once apparent from his voice that he had had a good deal to drink . |
| 28 | We 've all had a good laugh about it , but it does raise the question of trespass and the rights and wrongs of access to runners , ’ writes Dave . |
| 29 | Donald had had a good innings . |
| 30 | The objectives of Rolls Royce had been met — a group of highly intelligent , well-motivated students had had a good experience of the engineering industry , and their interest in an engineering career had , by their own account , been greatly increased as a result . |