Example sentences of "think it was a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the judge thought it was a great idea , Nick , because on a boat Rickie will be far away from temptation . ’ |
| 2 | Robert was singularly underwhelmed by the whole thing , but I thought it was a great idea . |
| 3 | Sleep , who choreographs the show , says : ‘ I thought it was a great idea . |
| 4 | I , I , I thought it was a great pity because I mean it 's er a major thing upsetting |
| 5 | ‘ When I saw Tencel early on and heard the story about it I thought it was a great breakthrough . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought it was a great song , one of the best I 'd written , but the rest of the group had their doubts , and looking back I was completely wrong , and made a fool of myself . |
| 7 | I thought it was a great phrase . ’ |
| 8 | you know , where I belong , I , I do n't quite honestly do n't really like Harlow New Town any more , I al I did up until about oh eight or nine years ago I thought it was a great place and all , all the cockneys that said , you know , oh I 'd love to be back in London , I thought they were barmy , you know to live in London the di the difference is , I mean my husband 's a cockney and he would n't , would never , well now he would never go back to London you know , it 's a dump , he , he likes Harlow , but er I think I do n't like it now because it 's expanded so much , you know when we , when we were first here , mind you when we first moved in it was ever so difficult for us kids because , there , there was the Old Town kids versus the New Town kids and they hated us , they really |
| 9 | Because I was a really shy teenager , and I thought it was a great place to hide ; where you could talk about things and express these feelings that you had , but you could hide a wee bit too . |
| 10 | He thought it was a great joke . ’ |
| 11 | I thought it was a great speech , it was a prime ministerial speech from the next Prime Minister of our country . |
| 12 | ‘ The photographer thought it was a great prop but wanted David to hold it . |
| 13 | When he was younger he 'd write songs about a laughing gnome , or a song about a laughing policeman , and I think it was a great outlet for David because he could almost blow his character out of all proportion and be able to pretend whatever he wanted to pretend , which is what actors and pop stars do . |
| 14 | I think it was a great relief for him to think that Tony DeFries would deal with things and all he had to do was deal with his artistry . |
| 15 | We gave him the part in the end and I think it was a great boost for him . |