Example sentences of "[vb past] it a good idea " in BNC.
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1 | The old tiger himself pronounced it a good idea , even if his friends had to listen in a state of uncharacteristic sobriety . |
2 | ‘ I — we — thought it a good idea at the time , with the late closing and it so hard to get people off the premises — and all the cleaning up to be done afterwards … ‘ |
3 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
4 | As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep . |
5 | My enterprising publishers , the same Little , Brown , thought it a good idea for me to present copies to Roman Catholic opinion makers . |
6 | We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it . |
7 | I thought it a good idea . ’ |
8 | ‘ Because I thought it a good idea to have your home address , ’ he added , in the same tone . |