Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's not a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's not a good patient . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not a good sign that the new government does n't have enough confidence to emerge from protective custody , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 3 | They 've got a supermarket , if that 's a hairdressers that has n't made it , it 's not a good sign . |
| 4 | ‘ I know it 's not a good way to go about things , ’ said Peter . |
| 5 | But do n't add any fertiliser ; these plants will have to stand through the winter , so it 's not a good idea to encourage too much soft growth . |
| 6 | It 's not a good idea . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm telling you ’ , he said , ‘ it 's not a good idea ’ . |
| 8 | However , Debbie thinks that it 's not a good idea to pressurise children into playing an instrument too early . |
| 9 | So it 's not a good idea to take anything for granted , especially your relationship . ’ |
| 10 | She knows it 's not a good idea to surprise me . |
| 11 | It 's not a good idea . |
| 12 | It 's not a good idea to leave Miranda all on her own , so why do n't we keep her company ? |
| 13 | ‘ In my experience , it 's not a good idea to ask too many questions , in case the answers are ugly , violent ones . |
| 14 | It 's not a good idea to stand in plain sight . ’ |
| 15 | It 's not a good idea to include the year as part of the file name as well , because you might accidentally copy some files into the wrong directory . |
| 16 | I know people who will say it 's not a good idea , and that 's the people in commercial television and commercial radio , who , if the B B C started to take advertising , would see their slice of the cake get just a touch less . |
| 17 | ‘ No , Kevin , it 's not a good idea . |
| 18 | No , it 's not a good idea at all , we should stick with what we have at the moment , the representation of people who opt to pay the political levy . |
| 19 | No I jest it 's not a good idea . |
| 20 | While it 's not a good idea to overload a drama with symbolism , it 's well worth keeping any eye open for possibilities , both in the planning stage and while the drama 's underway . |
| 21 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 22 | Perhaps I 'll remind you that it 's not a good idea to play games with me . ’ |
| 23 | It 's not a good idea to pull him off . |
| 24 | It 's not a good idea because Richard 's got a streaming cold and James has n't . |
| 25 | incidently it 's not a good idea to leave the double glazing bit swinging , erm , or , or the other one . |
| 26 | It 's not a good idea . |
| 27 | Tt so erm we are thinking it will be , like everybody else , it 's not a good idea to put too much off too far into the future |
| 28 | it might be obvious but it 's not a good idea |
| 29 | Anyone got any objections to it , or think it 's not a good idea , do say . |
| 30 | He 's , well not necessarily made his mind but you can suggest that he might , may have done and also it seems that Alfiera is slightly half hearted in the way he erm like tries to convince Eddie cos it seems that i it , I get the feeling that Alfiera already knows and just thinking well there 's no point in getting really het up about it , so he , he tries , he says look it 's not a good idea but in the end |