Example sentences of "it [verb] a good [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
| 2 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 3 | It seemed a good idea to see what it was she was defending with such tenacity . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It seemed a good idea to have a companion when I knew I had to face a Spanish maniac ! ’ |
| 6 | It seemed a good idea to pin her thoughts elsewhere . |
| 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 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 9 | It seemed a good place to defend ourselves against Silver and his men , because we were sure they would kill us when they returned to the ship . |
| 10 | I pulled in there as it seemed a good place to get Armstrong off the road and it was only then I saw that it was in fact an unmade road curving away round the back of the hill . |
| 11 | It seemed a good time to make my excuses and leave , and I did both . ’ |
| 12 | I fully accept that it requires a good school to achieve good examination results , especially in an inner-city area rather than in a well-favoured suburb . |
| 13 | With dolphins on the rampage it seems a good idea to spend as much time as possible out of the water . |
| 14 | As ‘ Working Title ’ continue to expand and develop , it seems a good moment to look back at some of their prolific and varied output , and we will be screening a number of titles from ‘ MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE ’ through the powerful drama ‘ A WORLD APART ’ , scripted by Gillian Slovo , Ruth First 's daughter , and underrated films like ‘ PAPERHOUSE ’ to ‘ ROBIN HOOD ’ , scripted by John Mcgrath , and then a number of their new releases : ‘ EDWARD II ’ ( directed by Derek Jarman ) , ‘ DAKOTA ROAD ’ and ‘ DROP DEAD FRED ’ , which has been a huge box office hit in the States . |
| 15 | I have included this somewhat lengthy account of the inception of the AEP since it does a good deal to explain some of the subsequent strengths and weaknesses of these highly influential programmes . |