Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ 'Cos I thought it was a daft idea . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I 'm not blaming them , but your mother and father thought it was a good idea , and foolishly I went along with them . |
7 | 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 |
8 | You thought it was a good idea did n't you ? |
9 | We actually put it down in our own manifesto because we thought it was a good idea . |
10 | I thought it was a good idea at the time . |
11 | But 80 per cent thought it was a good idea . |
12 | she took that out in the , in the same year as we started the mortgage , she thought it was a good idea to take some extra saving . |
13 | I thought it was a good idea . |
14 | She offered to do it for Simon and he thought it was a good idea but er he never quite got around to doing it . |
15 | In fact , Flaherty thought it was a better idea than invoking the Draoicht Suan until it was explained to him that unless Pumlumon did invoke it , they would all of them be roasting on spits in the Gruagach 's sculleries before the night was out , to which he said that giants had always been partial to roast Gnome and he had always thought it was a mistake to come to Tara in the first place . |
16 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |
17 | ‘ I thought it was a repulsive idea . |
18 | Even the judge thought it was a great idea , Nick , because on a boat Rickie will be far away from temptation . ’ |
19 | Robert was singularly underwhelmed by the whole thing , but I thought it was a great idea . |
20 | Sleep , who choreographs the show , says : ‘ I thought it was a great idea . |
21 | But I thought it was a wonderful idea . |
22 | Simon said it was a splendid idea , that , on top of my being a girl , would guarantee his people 's keeping their paws off me . |