Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they had the , the erm they had sort of five out of the five or six horses that I thought were in with a good chance at eight to one . |
| 2 | By the end of 1923 levels were down to the best pre-1921 records for Saratov . |
| 3 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 4 | yeah , it was , the bit I saw was that policeman when he goes although those two were up to no good |
| 5 | Nutty thought she was on to a good idea and went home happily , taking over from her mother in the shop as she usually did while her mother started to get the tea . |
| 6 | His senses told him he was on to a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong . |
| 7 | Maybe he thought he was on to a good thing . |
| 8 | Jean-Paul was in no doubt that he was on to a good deal . |
| 9 | Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores , and you will see he was on to a good thing . |
| 10 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |
| 11 | McHale said McGee was in with a good chance of starting against Halifax because he can play in defence or midfield . |
| 12 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 13 | From what she had read in the diary , it seemed any boy with a pleasing face and the latest clothes was in for a good time . |
| 14 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share . |
| 15 | The subject of a bad reference can sue the referee for libel but has to show the referee was up to no good : spite , ill-will or some improper motive will do . |
| 16 | ( Gary was the only exception I knew to this rule , and then only when he was up to no good ) . ’ |
| 17 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |