Example sentences of "it [was/were] the good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such change arose because , although in general it was the better houses that were sold , some tenants bought houses , without survey , that were in poor structural condition ( especially prefabricated buildings ) and were soon experiencing difficulties paying for repairs and maintenance . |
| 2 | A study carried out by Kerr for the Department of the Environment found that it was the better properties with gardens that were most likely to be bought ( especially three-bedroomed , semi-detached houses ) while the number of flats purchased remained small . |
| 3 | Well , it was the good Lord who directed you to supply my need , no doubt , ’ said Father Kipling , a trifle mechanically . |
| 4 | Going on about how it was the best decade … but it was . ’ |
| 5 | I read one once and it was the best comedy I 'd ever read in my life . |
| 6 | It was the best chance of the evening in my book . |
| 7 | And she ended up spending , it was the best part of the day with me and she came with me to a couple of meetings I went to . |
| 8 | ‘ I think we 've had a break-in , ’ I said , thinking it was the best story to push and concentrating on pulling up my jeans . |
| 9 | I was conducting Elektra in Berlin — I think it was around the time of his 75th birthday — and at the end he came and said to me it was the best performance of the opera he had ever heard . |
| 10 | But he insisted it was the best way to banish the bitterness of the recent past . |
| 11 | It was the best way to make a snug billet for himself . |
| 12 | It was the best way with grieving — drown it . |
| 13 | I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me . |
| 14 | Bricks and mortar used to much more than a sound investment — it was the best way to make serious money . |
| 15 | One was to be gold , since no-one had made a gold guitar before and such an instrument would be a perfect attention-grabber , and the other was to be black , black because it looked smart and also because it was the best colour for showing off the hands of the guitarist — provided the guitarist were Caucasian , of course . |
| 16 | It was the best choice for her , because she could decide which weeks she wanted free — and timed them to coincide with school holidays . |
| 17 | And erm I ca I came to in the first place because it was the best teaching hospital in the Midlands at that time . |
| 18 | It was the best holiday we had had for years ’ . |
| 19 | It was the best holiday I have ever had . |
| 20 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 21 | It was the best decision I have ever made in my life . |
| 22 | It was the best playhouse in London , and soon the most famous . |
| 23 | ‘ It was the best day of my life . |
| 24 | But Randolph did n't mind one little bit as it was the best day of his life . |
| 25 | Cobalt , Rain and Oliver were less confident it was the best course . |
| 26 | Arcand 's witty , thought-provoking movie upset a few people at Cannes , where it was the best film on show . |
| 27 | Er , it was the best word that I felt I could use at this time , it may be that a , if a debate ensues from this , or from er , other er , writings about , of myself and other people over this next few months , that a term will emerge that people feel happy with , but certainly we are talking about community partnership . |
| 28 | ‘ It was the best century I have ever played , ’ said Crowe as his side finished the third day on 277-6 -still 15 short of avoiding an innings defeat . |
| 29 | Club honorary secretary Chris Mountain said that it was the best start to a season he had seen the team make . |
| 30 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |