Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] good [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There were a good many farmers ' sons going in the doors of University College today for the first time . |
| 3 | ‘ So were a good many others . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But there were a good few tears backed up my tracks and now was as bad a time as any . |
| 7 | It was n't that he was a good few years older than him or that , like Mick , he had been a working chap . |
| 8 | 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 . |