Example sentences of "[pers pn] seem [art] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She seems a good ship . ’ |
| 2 | Wattana had beaten Parrott in four major events this season and he seemed a good bet to improve this record when he established a 2–0 lead . |
| 3 | Never mind , it seemed a good story at the time . |
| 4 | And it seemed a good laugh . |
| 5 | It seemed a good choice — they 've got your sparkle . ’ |
| 6 | You ca n't insure cash , as you know , but who cares , and it seemed a good present . |
| 7 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
| 8 | It seemed a good idea . |
| 9 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 10 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 11 | It seemed a good idea at the time . ’ |
| 12 | It seemed a good idea to see what it was she was defending with such tenacity . |
| 13 | Wainfleet said : ‘ I told you , it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 14 | In fact , there was no chance of losing her job , but sooner or later she would have to go and it seemed a good idea to lay down a time now . |
| 15 | How the British depended on tea — but it seemed a good idea . |
| 16 | It seemed a good idea to have a companion when I knew I had to face a Spanish maniac ! ’ |
| 17 | It seemed a good idea at the time , and it was agreed that all the shareholders would get an instrument of any description . |
| 18 | With difficulty , though , she hid her ire — and it seemed a good idea then to reply to this high and mighty man with what he all too clearly wanted to hear . |
| 19 | It seemed a good idea , but Sophie hesitated . |
| 20 | It seemed a good idea to pin her thoughts elsewhere . |
| 21 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 22 | Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it |
| 23 | The most frightening is rainforest destruction , and being a carpenter and joiner by trade anyway I have used many threatened species in my past and it seemed a good thing to start with . |
| 24 | It seemed a good omen for the stay in Bath . |
| 25 | It seemed a good place to defend ourselves against Silver and his men , because we were sure they would kill us when they returned to the ship . |
| 26 | I pulled in there as it seemed a good place to get Armstrong off the road and it was only then I saw that it was in fact an unmade road curving away round the back of the hill . |
| 27 | It seemed a good time to make my excuses and leave , and I did both . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It seems a good idea , ’ said Penny Warlock , looking up to Glenda and wondering if she herself would be as impressive a figure after ten or fifteen years in the teaching profession . |
| 29 | With dolphins on the rampage it seems a good idea to spend as much time as possible out of the water . |
| 30 | Chairman I 'll try and be brief er I think the problem with the car boot sales is that they have been er hi-jacked commercially er it seems a good idea it 's , it 's another line another way of disposing of goods whether they 're straight goods or whether they 're they 're er misappropriated goods or whatever . |