Example sentences of "[was/were] good [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the election approached , perceptions about party chances of victory became more homogeneous : most voters thought Conservative chances were good and Alliance chances were poor . |
| 2 | I knew I was being bewitched , laid under a spell so intensely personal , so thrilling , I did not have the power to resist it , or to judge if it were good or evil . |
| 3 | Common sense told her to beat it while the going was good but loyalty held her , undecided . |
| 4 | I ran hard and fast along the wet sand where it was good and firm , making a jet noise with my mouth and holding my binoculars and bag down tight to my sides . |
| 5 | We took the light out , just along from the stop , so it was good and dark . |
| 6 | A fragile , breakable , disposable population , with no more than a toe-hold on life when trade was good and employment more plentiful ; flicked off life 's surface , almost without being noticed , when it was not . |
| 7 | She was good as gold ; I do n't know what he would 've done without her ! ’ |