Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Onanuga , 31 , has told friends he naively went along with the story because Mr Newton believed it was good publicity for Thresher and his own branch , and he did not see how it could harm anyone . |
| 2 | She thought it was good pay , but well earned . |
| 3 | But shoppers differed on whether they thought it was good news . |
| 4 | Chancellor Kohl agreed it was good news that the world trade talks were back on , though he stopped short of openly criticising France for undermining them . |
| 5 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 6 | Well , I think he was good player — but playing in that Liverpool side was nt difficult , and he s not really played for any other side so its hard to tell exactly how good he is . |
| 7 | ‘ I think he was better casting than I was for the part . |
| 8 | There 's a lot of burglaries round I admit yeah , but there 's not much violence and drugs and things like that , so I I used to think it was good living round . |
| 9 | so he said they put her to bed and he said it was best Christmas they ever ! |
| 10 | He pointed at meat in a shop window and said it was good value . |
| 11 | She had dismissed as rubbish Nina 's allegations that the men thought he was interested in her , but she had to admit he was good company , and for the next half-hour he entertained her with stories of his work in Australia , of the people he 'd met and of his excursions into the bush and to the Great Barrier Reef . |