Example sentences of "[vb past] like [art] [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 2 | But there are two other ways in which things could change drastically , making what seemed like a good idea turn very bad indeed . |
| 3 | ‘ The hotel bar was closed and we were all famished so it seemed like a good idea to trek down to the local ‘ pub ’ to search out a few sarnies , ’ says Gedge . |
| 4 | You did not go off and set up house with the man in your life and perhaps think about marriage if it seemed like a good idea , after a year or two . |
| 5 | It seemed like a good idea to ask for ‘ guinea pigs ’ to test the diet . |
| 6 | Becoming entangled in the web you have woven ; after all , ‘ it seemed like a good idea at the time ’ . |
| 7 | It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run . |
| 8 | Justifying my needs was difficult , but with retirement looming up it seemed like a good idea . |
| 9 | Again they said yes , that seemed like a good idea , great , marvellous . |
| 10 | ‘ Yeah , it seemed like a good idea at the time … ’ |
| 11 | The club had fallen on hard times , and the arrival of a travelling circus of the long hairs , trainee freaks and happening performers seemed like a good idea . |
| 12 | ‘ Because it seemed like a good idea at the time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ A weekend 's skiing suddenly seemed like a nice idea . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It just seemed like a ridiculous idea but I thought it was a nice place to go and have a look around , ’ he admits . |
| 15 | I immediately agreed because it seemed like a natural idea for me . |
| 16 | Because it seemed like an opportune idea at the time . |
| 17 | ‘ Business seemed like an attractive idea and I wanted to learn about finance first , ’ he offers as an explanation . |
| 18 | This seemed like an excellent idea . |
| 19 | It was ludicrously swollen , unnecessarily big and wholly obstructive to anything that looked like a new idea . |
| 20 | I remembered what he 'd told Mavis and me about the book and more than ever I thought it sounded like a good idea — the story of a man rationalizing his own lack of self-belief … |
| 21 | I thought it sounded like a good idea as it would give me a taster . |
| 22 | At the time it sounded like an innocent idea . |