Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [prep] [art] good [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nutty thought she was on to a good idea and went home happily , taking over from her mother in the shop as she usually did while her mother started to get the tea .
2 Jean-Paul was in no doubt that he was on to a good deal .
3 His senses told him he was on to a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong .
4 Maybe he thought he was on to a good thing .
5 Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores , and you will see he was on to a good thing .
6 Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance :
7 McHale said McGee was in with a good chance of starting against Halifax because he can play in defence or midfield .
8 From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time .
9 Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper .
10 Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share .
11 He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight .
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