Example sentences of "and it [vb past] a good [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | And it seemed a good laugh . |
4 | You ca n't insure cash , as you know , but who cares , and it seemed a good present . |
5 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
6 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
7 | The most frightening is rainforest destruction , and being a carpenter and joiner by trade anyway I have used many threatened species in my past and it seemed a good thing to start with . |
8 | It was loud , aggressive and it had a good tune , ’ says Peter Thompson , head of distribution at Red Rhino . |
9 | Oh there had , had er it h erm had a marvellous water supply and it had a good sewage it had a good sewage disposal system . |