Example sentences of "[vb past] it was a good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We heard it was a good school , ’ said Clarissa , acidly .
2 I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes .
3 I decided it was a good time to ask him the final questions about Stapleton and the hound .
4 Then George Potter retired in 1966 , leaving this nucleus of magnolias , we felt it was a good foundation to build on , although we were careful to make a selection rather than a collection .
5 It was draining , but I was grateful to any journalists prepared to listen , even if it was obvious that some papers only felt it was a good story because of the ‘ love interest ’ .
6 He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ .
7 He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ .
8 ’ I knew it was a good script , ’ he recalls .
9 Somebody would 've been drunk that night you see , half past nine at night , thought it was a good trick .
10 Nicholson 's interest in writing was re-awakened by his scriptwriting assistance on The Terror , and his next project was a screenplay in which he was encouraged by Roger Corman , who thought it was a good idea because though he personally felt Nicholson showed great potential as an actor , others around him did not always agree .
11 ‘ We thought it was a good idea to hold a pre-Christmas sale rather than a New Year one because many of our dresses are suitable for Christmas . ’
12 The usual family gathering at the Andersons ' was held over until late January as Theresa had invited her parents and brothers and sister to her house for Boxing Day , and Pat said he thought it was a good idea .
13 I 'm not blaming them , but your mother and father thought it was a good idea , and foolishly I went along with them .
14 it 's helped to build our business and erm in fact we thought it was a good idea er during the course of this conversation that I 'm having with you
15 You thought it was a good idea did n't you ?
16 We actually put it down in our own manifesto because we thought it was a good idea .
17 I thought it was a good idea at the time .
18 But 80 per cent thought it was a good idea .
19 she took that out in the , in the same year as we started the mortgage , she thought it was a good idea to take some extra saving .
20 I thought it was a good idea .
21 She offered to do it for Simon and he thought it was a good idea but er he never quite got around to doing it .
22 Well I thought it was a good film .
23 Rik Maio , I ca n't stand him like , I enjoyed it , I thought it was a good film
24 I thought it was a good performance .
25 With Shadow Cabinet Ministers , Labour MPs and Prospective Labour MPs ( including the candidate for Orkney and Shetland , John Aberdeen from Stromness ) at the conference , the Action Committee thought it was a good opportunity to make a lot of politicians aware of the situation very quickly .
26 Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life .
27 you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do .
28 ‘ We thought it was a good table and three seasons ago about £120 was spent having it professionally polished .
29 ‘ Because we had just switched from the Lothian District League to the National League I thought it was a good time to concentrate on coaching , ’ she said .
30 I thought it was a good time to get away and take stock . ’
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