Example sentences of "seemed a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this seemed a good idea at the time , current strategy at WH Smith is to have full control , as in the buying up of 100 per cent of Molinaire , the TV services company , in July . |
| 2 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 3 | Loopy Lil , even if she was mental , seemed a good safe person to be near . |
| 4 | The friends of the Queen belong to a small coterie of aristocrats , the children are educated exclusively ( one of the reasons Gordonstoun seemed a good bet was because , unlike metropolitan Eton , it was miles away in rural Scotland ) , and all are limited to a narrow circle of suitable acquaintances . |
| 5 | Kardamíli seemed a good base , since the author himself writes of it with such affection . |
| 6 | I asked , it seemed a good enough start . |
| 7 | It seemed a good idea . |
| 8 | Breeze looked much younger than her age , but Susan , worn out by nursing and worry , seemed a good deal older than her twenty-six years . |
| 9 | But the explosion seemed a good sign : must have been him , and Lawton 's and Forster 's doing . |
| 10 | It seemed a good time to make my excuses and leave , and I did both . ’ |
| 11 | I designed the itinerary , of course , for high political resonance , but it seemed a good idea to take in beautiful towns and routes . |
| 12 | God knows why , because I was n't entertaining and I never went in pubs , but it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 13 | In addition , until 1568 there seemed a good chance that Elizabeth might have married Philip 's cousin , Charles of Austria , and have thereby returned England both to the Catholic church and the Hapsburg interest . |
| 14 | FIGURE 4 I wanted to explore the wealth of rich and brilliant colours available in the Polychromos pastel range , so a colourful still life seemed a good choice of subject |
| 15 | Equally the use of ebony seemed a good choice ; I 'd been looking for an excuse to make something in ebony for ages , anyway ! |
| 16 | Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it |
| 17 | You ca n't insure cash , as you know , but who cares , and it seemed a good present . |
| 18 | It seemed a good place to defend ourselves against Silver and his men , because we were sure they would kill us when they returned to the ship . |
| 19 | This seemed a good plan to them all . |
| 20 | It seemed a good idea at the time . ’ |
| 21 | It seemed a good idea to see what it was she was defending with such tenacity . |
| 22 | The word gink seemed a good ten years too young to bear thinking about . |
| 23 | And it seemed a good laugh . |
| 24 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It was just one of those things which seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 26 | Wainfleet said : ‘ I told you , it seemed a good idea at the time . |
| 27 | It seemed a good choice — they 've got your sparkle . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Indica seemed a good name for an art gallery ’ , says Miles , ‘ and it was the first name in Latin for marijuana . |
| 29 | Once in Mexico , Cuba seemed a good idea . |
| 30 | In fact , there was no chance of losing her job , but sooner or later she would have to go and it seemed a good idea to lay down a time now . |