Example sentences of "[verb] a good idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looked a good idea . |
| 2 | Mrs M Dunn of Oban , Scotland has a good idea for maximising space in a small bathroom . |
| 3 | The White Paper will clarify many of these issues and will give a good idea as to how the viewer will fare in the next decade . |
| 4 | Although this seemed a good idea at the time , current strategy at WH Smith is to have full control , as in the buying up of 100 per cent of Molinaire , the TV services company , in July . |
| 5 | It seemed a good idea . |
| 6 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 7 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 8 | It seemed a good idea at the time . ’ |
| 9 | It seemed a good idea to see what it was she was defending with such tenacity . |
| 10 | ‘ It was just one of those things which seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 11 | Wainfleet said : ‘ I told you , it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 12 | Once in Mexico , Cuba seemed a good idea . |
| 13 | In fact , there was no chance of losing her job , but sooner or later she would have to go and it seemed a good idea to lay down a time now . |
| 14 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
| 15 | It seemed a good idea to have a companion when I knew I had to face a Spanish maniac ! ’ |
| 16 | This year 's battle of the budget is generating more anguish than any for years , John Major 's cabinet now realize what a parliamentary mess December might turn into with week-long debates on both the Queen 's speech and the budget to pack in , and worse to come in the spring , a budget combining taxes with public spending seemed a good idea at the time Norman Lamont announced it , but with November the thirtieth just a month away the political down-side is appearing , of course with a fifty billion pound deficit in the Government 's accounts this years spending round would have been hard pounding anyhow , but the usual noisy haggle over the available cash among departments is now amplified by posses of Tory backbenchers trying to head off this or that tax increase , and there 's an incentive to keep that up right through the finance bill after Christmas , since most new taxes would not come in until April . |
| 17 | It seemed a good idea at the time , and it was agreed that all the shareholders would get an instrument of any description . |
| 18 | With difficulty , though , she hid her ire — and it seemed a good idea then to reply to this high and mighty man with what he all too clearly wanted to hear . |
| 19 | It seemed a good idea , but Sophie hesitated . |
| 20 | It seemed a good idea to pin her thoughts elsewhere . |
| 21 | " Well , I 'd say they 've copied a good idea from the squirrels and that makes them better rabbits . " |
| 22 | The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself . |
| 23 | Then I 'll go and see Peter and see if he 's got a good idea what I can do . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got a good idea what 's been going on . ’ |
| 25 | I 've got a good idea and this time it 'll work . ’ |
| 26 | But I 've got a good idea about one thing : that little miss upstairs knows more than she lets on . |
| 27 | So I 've got a good idea what 's going on on that spreadsheet , what 's on it , where it is , and what 's happen what happens in the processes . |
| 28 | giving the appearance of the Party following the peasants but in fact the Party 's got a good idea where they will probably go anyway . |
| 29 | I think he 's got a good idea here but if he takes that slant to his story you could do rather well . |
| 30 | Oh yes , I mean if there 's that you 're good at or if you 've got a good idea that 's simply fun I 'm sure all young people would be really willing to help . |