Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [be] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Call Me Old Fashioned , I thought was a good title , and A Licence to Print Money would have been another good title for a bestseller , but it had rather a rapacious sound do n't you think ? |
| 2 | ‘ I had worked out what I thought was a good routine for him and had his personal stunt man run through the scene for him , ’ said Cannutt . |
| 3 | They put me in touch with a Fellow of the Institute by the name of John Read — same name as the pilot of DZ642 , which I thought was a good omen . |
| 4 | People were on the streets being senselessly violent to the police , which I thought was a good thing at the time . |
| 5 | Fishing 5lb line to a 3lb hook length I dragged in what I thought was a good chub , it turned out to be a 1 ½lb barbel ! |
| 6 | Well I went dow back down the Road cos there was a traffic jam and er I sort of went down oh sorry mate went down a road like which I thought was a good short cut , and they 've got a lot of these roads and they 've put like pavements across the end of them with bollards , and I went back and then there was a traffic jam and I got stuck because they were unloading a lorry so I 've been er basically pissed about . |
| 7 | I 'm also a big fan of the three guitarists mentioned above , and have given you what I think is a good Nuno Bettencourt sound on my processor … |
| 8 | I think a lot of schools do still teach the t the children their tables which I think is a good thing . |
| 9 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 10 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
| 11 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
| 12 | I hope I 've been a good father to you . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've been a good girl so I get to eat Mr Chef 's meal instead of lumpy mashed potato . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ All my life I 've been a good mixer … ’ |
| 15 | Holy Mary , she thought , all these years I 've been a good girl — ca n't you do something ? |
| 16 | I have been a good advocate in my time . |
| 17 | I know she is old and wo n't last forever , but she has been a good and loyal friend to me and I will stand by her . |
| 18 | Even when you get what you think is a good answer make sure it is substantiated . |
| 19 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 20 | He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’ |
| 21 | You 've been a good lodger and paid regular , and I 'm sorry about it ; but there it is , Mr Arkwright . |
| 22 | You 've been a good wife , Elaine . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You 've been a good son to me , ’ the old man said . |
| 24 | You can have a biscuit if you 've been a good boy . |
| 25 | You 've been a good boy ! |
| 26 | You going to tell daddy you 've been a good boy today ? |
| 27 | She had been a good woman . |
| 28 | She had been a good wife , too . |
| 29 | Nevertheless she had been a good , kind sister and looked after him very well . |
| 30 | She had been a good companion ; she did not deserve this from him . |