Example sentences of "have [adv] been a good " in BNC.

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1 ( The Thatcher mug has long been a best seller . )
2 D Goldstein of Staravia Ltd , Ascot , who has long been a good friend of the aircraft preservation movement , offered a range of instruments .
3 This latest news on the job front adds to what has already been a good year for the town . ’
4 Reeth has always been a good walking centre , particularly for walkers from Tyneside and Teesside , and on many occasions I 've heard the hills round about echoing to a sound I love so well , the lilt of Geordie accents .
5 fairclough has always been a good defender ( ex England U21 ) , but he s excellent when given a job , like marking Tony Daley out of the game .
6 There has never been a better time for supporting the white rose
7 With all the new and reintroduced varieties now on the market there has never been a better time to grow from seed .
8 THERE has never been a better time to build a dream home at a bargain price .
9 There has never been a better time to be a member of the Association .
10 With bands like Nirvana , the Pixies and My Bloody Valentine beyond reproach from the music press and the record-buying public there has never been a better time to play guitars with manic fervour .
11 There are some very good authors in the list , but recalling that there has never been a good book on poppies or penstemons , one might wish for a little more innovation in such lists .
12 Mind you their rate of exchange if if you 'd have bought all pesetas in this country it would have probably been a better rate of exchange for you .
13 Nevertheless , around one in two Germans in both the American and the British Zones — and a percentage on the increase — thought that National Socialism had basically been a good idea , badly carried out , and were far more favourably disposed to it than to communism .
14 Darren had always been a good and well-behaved boy but once he had returned home he had been waking repeatedly in the night and been difficult to manage in the day .
15 He had always been a good and generous man .
16 Joseph Maloney , secretary of the local angling association , said at the time that earlier , less serious pollution caused by Mogul had killed all fish life in what had once been a good trout and salmon river .
17 Gangsters have long been a good source of drama for the filmakers and there 's barely a star in Hollywood who has n't been ‘ mixed up ’ on screen with the mob at some point in his career .
18 It 's just been a good boat to us .
19 Oh she 's always been a good daughter up till now , I 'll grant her that , I 've never been one to just blame the girl , Douglas , I blame the boy too .
20 He said you have always been a good friend to him ; he is very happy to do something for you , in return . ’
21 Simon Creese-Parsons , who sells fine decorative pieces at Jadis , reckons : ‘ There 's never been a better time to buy . ’
22 As the slogan on the front of the club 's glossy new brochure proclaims : ‘ There 's never been a better time to be involved with Yorkshire Cricket . ’
23 There 's never been a better time to invest in a new Living Flame gas fire , hearth and surround .
24 I HAVE never been a good passenger .
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