Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [prep] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two seconds later , I was into a good fish and soon had the trout in the net and into the boat . |
| 2 | I was still a nothing , but I was in a good position to get at Charlie when the time was right . |
| 3 | ‘ I realised that I was in a good position , I had a little bit of work , which fitted in with my family life . |
| 4 | It was a bigger race , she was on a better horse , maybe she had ridden with more coolness than usual thanks to the emergency prescription of Dr Cy McCray . |
| 5 | She was in a good mood that day . |
| 6 | He told them to leave her be , she was in a better state to understand him than anyone else there . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew we was onto a good 'un when we comes to Sinkport , but I never guessed as the old scallywag 'imself 'ud be 'ere . |
| 8 | It was with a good measure of personal interest that I read a British Medical Journal article on the study of ‘ psychological consequences of road traffic accidents ’ . |
| 9 | Those who were libelled in the Fanzine may feel less aggrieved knowing it was for a good cause . |
| 10 | Alton were pinned to their own line at the beginning , but steadily their forwards began to get the upper hand and it was from a good pack break that full-back Carl Knight joined the line to score . |
| 11 | Most of all , if opposition batsman would like to get out ( the dollier the catch the better ) they can start the long walk to the pavilion in the knowledge that it was in a good cause , and not just that of Barney cricket . |
| 12 | I think if I entered in , thinking like if it was in a good cause , |
| 13 | But it was in a better state . |
| 14 | where it , she said it was too big for her and er she wanted something smaller , with a swap , well I did n't swap for the reason mine was overlooking the lake , it was in a better position , and er , then she told me the reason she wanted to swap cos er , she said it was too big cos her husband had died , I started to speak to her about when God 's kingdom comes on the earth , these dead ones will come back , these loved ones |
| 15 | It was like a good secretary . |
| 16 | Byrne was not a particularly big man , standing only 5 feet 9 inches and weighing 13 stone , but Deaf Burke was even smaller at 5 feet 8½ inches , and 12 stone 7 lbs , so the Irishman felt he was onto a good thing . |
| 17 | The plots were essentially the same ; like any successful entrepreneur , Alger knew when he was onto a good thing . |
| 18 | James 's victory gave him 35 points to Lauda 's 61 , his car was clearly among the best , he had matured greatly as a driver , he was on a good roll himself : the championship seemed to be there for his taking . |
| 19 | Alwin Schockemohle used to say that the palms of his hands always sweated when he was near a good horse , and when Arthur was about his hands were permanently wet . ’ |
| 20 | Once more he was in a good position when one of his tee shots hit an aluminium ladder which a spectator was carrying and ricocheted 40 yards into the trees . |
| 21 | He was in a good frame of mind : he often referred to the royal garden party when he was in a good frame of mind . |
| 22 | He was in a good frame of mind : he often referred to the royal garden party when he was in a good frame of mind . |
| 23 | How bad he was in a good position to know , he saw that in Irene 's eyes . |
| 24 | He was in a good mood , it looked like being one of those easy days . |
| 25 | He was in a good job , was n't he ? |
| 26 | They always reminded me of an angry boar 's , small , red-rimmed and vicious — and that 's when he was in a good mood ! |
| 27 | He sat frowning at his typewriter but Emmie could see he was in a good mood . |