Example sentences of "but it [verb] a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll have to see about that , Celia , but it sounds a nice idea . |
| 2 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 3 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 4 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
| 5 | The thought did come to his mind a week or so later that she might have been in love with him , but it seemed a ludicrous idea as well as self-congratulatory , and he put it by . |