Example sentences of "it a good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that 'll give it a good help . . |
| 2 | Do you think it a good idea coming into drama training direct from school ? |
| 3 | Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ? |
| 4 | ‘ 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 … ‘ |
| 5 | The old tiger himself pronounced it a good idea , even if his friends had to listen in a state of uncharacteristic sobriety . |
| 6 | If asked to ‘ zip me up ’ by a drysuit diver , why is it a good idea to offer him the loop of the closed zip afterwards ? |
| 7 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
| 8 | Not only did the Bishop think it a good idea but he would be very happy to preside . |
| 9 | Is it a good idea to fix some ? |
| 10 | As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep . |
| 11 | Is it a good idea for DEC to boast that its VAX 6310s were the ‘ workhorses ’ of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's electoral analysis machine when the BBC 's predictions of the UK election result last week — along with just about the entire market research industry — turned out to be so wide of the mark ? |
| 12 | Is it a good idea ? 3.7 . |
| 13 | Lugh had never thought it a good idea , and he had said so at the time , only nobody had listened . |
| 14 | My enterprising publishers , the same Little , Brown , thought it a good idea for me to present copies to Roman Catholic opinion makers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But is it a good idea to break the punctuation rule , even for such a reason ? |
| 17 | I thought it a good idea . ’ |
| 18 | And erm on page thirty six , on two , is it a good idea because has a dreadful bend and I 'm really in favour of this . |
| 19 | ‘ Because I thought it a good idea to have your home address , ’ he added , in the same tone . |
| 20 | I do n't think , think it a good idea really . |
| 21 | Is n't it a good idea though ? |
| 22 | I shall be asking him questions such as ‘ Is it a good idea for parents to encourage their children to become interested in science by buying them toys , such as a chemistry sets , for Christmas ’ . |
| 23 | I mean I would n't ever think it a good idea to encourage women to leave the home if they thought that their job was in there looking after small children , but it 's very obvious nowadays that a very large number of women do n't want to in the home any more . |
| 24 | Was it a good buffet , yeah ? |
| 25 | do it a good turn if you could er |
| 26 | was it a good influence , I mean do you think the magazines and the books did |
| 27 | Tony tries and with his eyes watering declares it a good noggin . |
| 28 | Was it a good conversation , though ? |
| 29 | It is prone to shrinking and should be pre-shrunk during the manufacture to make it a good buy . |
| 30 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |