Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were half a good smile , and they did not tell who 's ninety two . |
| 2 | Was that a good job , carpet fitting ? |
| 3 | Was that a good wage then ? |
| 4 | There was a lot of rural urban migration then , was that a good thing or a bad thing ? |
| 5 | Was this a good idea ? she asked herself . |
| 6 | But was this a good thing ? |
| 7 | Was this a good thing , or a bad thing ? |
| 8 | Was this a good omen ? |
| 9 | He was such a good man . ’ |
| 10 | He was such a good man and she was so fond of him . |
| 11 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 12 | She had n't known he was such a good cook … |
| 13 | I was proud of getting accepted , particularly at St Martin 's because it was such a good art school , but Fine Art seemed a fast road to nowhere What kind of job can you get at the end of that ? |
| 14 | Not for the first time , I was thankful that she was such a good barrister . |
| 15 | Used to give them whole oats , you see , cos that was such a good standard for them for running , you see . |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , shaking her head , ‘ I do n't think that was such a good idea now . |
| 17 | I explained at length that I did n't think this was such a good idea . |
| 18 | The heating in the Met Office was by means of an open coke fire , and this we kept stoked up high on cold nights , but I 'm not sure that this was such a good idea . |
| 19 | A jolt of pain in my head made me wonder whether it was such a good idea . |
| 20 | It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm beginning to wonder if this was such a good idea . ’ |
| 22 | No , here 's the apple tree , I think that 's the rose arch , but she did n't think that was such a good idea , and she was probably quite right . |
| 23 | It was such a good story that some of those allrounders — you know , the chaps who cover everything from ice hockey to cricket , to snooker to racing to athletics — homed in on it . |
| 24 | Also , my brother was such a good trumpet player that I knew I would never be as good as he was , so there was that in there too : like , ‘ God , I do n't really want follow in this guy 's footsteps . ' ’ |
| 25 | And … he was such a good doctor . ’ |
| 26 | Yet he was such a good doctor , so perceptive . |
| 27 | On reflection , Evelyn wondered now if this was such a good thing . |
| 28 | ‘ He was such a good singer as well , and his guitar playing and his songwriting style went together perfectly . |
| 29 | So it took them days but we were very glad to have them because they were It was such a good crop and they were lying flat . |
| 30 | ‘ My brother , Mark , is on one song which we had cut a while ago and it wound up going on the record because it was such a good demo . ’ |