Example sentences of "[vb past] it [was/were] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We heard it was a good school , ’ said Clarissa , acidly . |
| 2 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 3 | I decided it was a good time to ask him the final questions about Stapleton and the hound . |
| 4 | It was draining , but I was grateful to any journalists prepared to listen , even if it was obvious that some papers only felt it was a good story because of the ‘ love interest ’ . |
| 5 | Then George Potter retired in 1966 , leaving this nucleus of magnolias , we felt it was a good foundation to build on , although we were careful to make a selection rather than a collection . |
| 6 | He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ . |
| 7 | He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ . |
| 8 | Inside was all this close-studded stuff , and I knew it was a good one . ’ |
| 9 | ’ I knew it was a good script , ’ he recalls . |
| 10 | Dad knew it was no good arguing with her and he carried on with the job . |
| 11 | Kate knew it was no good resisting , so she meekly allowed him to shepherd her out of the flat down to the basement where he kept his car . |
| 12 | Nicholson 's interest in writing was re-awakened by his scriptwriting assistance on The Terror , and his next project was a screenplay in which he was encouraged by Roger Corman , who thought it was a good idea because though he personally felt Nicholson showed great potential as an actor , others around him did not always agree . |
| 13 | Considering the confines of their budget , I thought it was a good one . |
| 14 | With Shadow Cabinet Ministers , Labour MPs and Prospective Labour MPs ( including the candidate for Orkney and Shetland , John Aberdeen from Stromness ) at the conference , the Action Committee thought it was a good opportunity to make a lot of politicians aware of the situation very quickly . |
| 15 | ‘ We thought it was a good idea to hold a pre-Christmas sale rather than a New Year one because many of our dresses are suitable for Christmas . ’ |
| 16 | In the end I thought it was a good job that I 'd cut her dead because I began to pick up the gossip about her and found out that she 'd left home when she did because she was pregnant and had had a baby . |
| 17 | Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life . |
| 18 | Miki had her reservations : ‘ I 've met Kat Bjelland a few times , she was first with the dresses and socks , and I thought it was a good image . |
| 19 | I thought it was a good analogy to how Manson had affected the country , how he had really wedged himself into the American family to the extent that he 's now on the country 's most popular TV show . |
| 20 | Cathbad thought it was a good site . |
| 21 | The usual family gathering at the Andersons ' was held over until late January as Theresa had invited her parents and brothers and sister to her house for Boxing Day , and Pat said he thought it was a good idea . |
| 22 | ‘ Because we had just switched from the Lothian District League to the National League I thought it was a good time to concentrate on coaching , ’ she said . |
| 23 | I thought it was a good performance . |
| 24 | you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do . |
| 25 | I 'm not blaming them , but your mother and father thought it was a good idea , and foolishly I went along with them . |
| 26 | it 's helped to build our business and erm in fact we thought it was a good idea er during the course of this conversation that I 'm having with you |
| 27 | You thought it was a good idea did n't you ? |
| 28 | We actually put it down in our own manifesto because we thought it was a good idea . |
| 29 | I thought it was a good time to get away and take stock . ’ |
| 30 | I thought it was a good idea at the time . |