Example sentences of "[be] [art] good [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a good many glasses and now he signalled to Midnight who came from the shadows by the far wall , bringing a bottle of port to refill the glass held out . |
| 2 | He adds : ‘ It has been a good few years since the snow has been this hard which means a lot of walkers are n't used to it . |
| 3 | Inevitably , therefore , there must be a good many eruptions taking place below sea level , so we will conclude this chapter by looking briefly at the sort of activity that results . |
| 4 | ‘ If they were n't , I 'd be a good many miles away by now . |
| 5 | It was to be a good many years before Coniston came within the sphere of operations however . |
| 6 | For formal meals , there would be a good many courses to arrange , so there was a lot of work to do . |
| 7 | ‘ Never tempted , ’ he replied , and while Fabia recognised that there would be a good few women sorry about that , ‘ Boyfriends ? ’ he queried . |
| 8 | It will be a good few months — possibly more like a year — before Windows NT , the operating system with a Window face , comes along . |
| 9 | Each time there was a pause in his routine and he had time to think , the Captain was reminded that there were a good many things about this case that did n't ring true . |
| 10 | There were a good many farmers ' sons going in the doors of University College today for the first time . |
| 11 | ‘ So were a good many others . ’ |
| 12 | Considering Maurice 's wife was an exceptionally plain woman , there were a good many ripostes Charlie could have made , ripostes which might have been transparently insulting . |
| 13 | There were a good many books in the room ; one wall was lined with them , and they lay in heaps on chairs and on the floor . |
| 14 | But there were a good few tears backed up my tracks and now was as bad a time as any . |
| 15 | I dare say you 've noticed , miss , as he 's a good many years my senior ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a good few decibels higher out of doors . ’ |
| 17 | There 's a good few months ’ work , if i 'm any judge . ’ |
| 18 | Ah well it 's a good few years for this . |
| 19 | It is a good few years since most of them were serving , and the memories will soon be flooding back . |
| 20 | It was n't that he was a good few years older than him or that , like Mick , he had been a working chap . |
| 21 | We were neither of us getting any younger , but he was a good few years older than I and I was the one with the roof over my head . |