Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I were good , ’ confirms Anna . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't , ’ Penny Mansfield warns , ‘ sink into the double bind of , ‘ If I were good ( or sexy or clever ) enough , he would n't have done it … and if I were strong enough I 'd leave him . ’ |
| 3 | He came to me He had a problem , he and I were good friends and he said that erm that this one girl s erm Michelle , was his favourite wife and that he had been with her since erm she was twelve . |
| 4 | I was good at eyeballing and so I said , ‘ A 5-iron ’ , and he hit his second shot right on to the green . |
| 5 | I was good at sewing , you see , and a good knitter . |
| 6 | But then a god-like creature appeared , and I protested to him — her ? — that if I was a monster , then monsters were GOOD creatures — I was good , truly I was — if only someone would kiss me like in fairytales . |
| 7 | I improvised a social worker with the GCSE drama lot : I was good . |
| 8 | The only thing I was good at was art [ he got a grade 1 CSE in this subject ] . |
| 9 | Maturity brings new perspectives and the idea that they are often manipulated for their sporting prowess brings with it a clarity of perception , a perception succinctly summarized by Birchfield 's sprinter Lincoln Asquith : ‘ I was used by school teachers 'cause I was good at sport . |
| 10 | The essence of being a good child is taking on the perspective of those who are more powerful than you , and I was good in this way as my sister never was . |
| 11 | At school I always felt I was good and conscientious at term-work , less so at exams . |
| 12 | ‘ I rather liked the work — it was not all easy , I had to make an effort , quite an effort , at times ; but less than most , I knew I was good at it . ’ |
| 13 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 14 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 15 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 16 | C. I used to be told I was good at English . |
| 17 | And I was good with the dying . |
| 18 | And I was good Oh and I and I was a good player as well . |
| 19 | This says I was good at the doctor 's today ? |
| 20 | I was good at that at school . " |
| 21 | If I was good enough to employ , surely I was also good enough to make it on my own ? ’ |
| 22 | But I could set up this magazine , I was good at that sort of thing . |
| 23 | Told you I was good . ’ |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I felt unfortunate to lose that tournament but it told me I was good enough to win a major and I 've come here hitting the ball as well as I ever have . ’ |
| 25 | I said what , well I was good was n't I ? |
| 26 | Well i i I always say that er it always comes a surprise that I was good at anything . |
| 27 | I was good at English history , sport |
| 28 | They said I was good . |
| 29 | Cos it 's I was good up to around the window . |
| 30 | Because I was good I did something that was very good |