Example sentences of "was [verb] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Justice Saville said the Commercial Court was a part of the Queen 's Bench and he would not exclude observers unless he was given a good reason to do so . |
| 2 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 3 | I was given a good hiding , which I deserved , but it made no difference . |
| 4 | ‘ I was given a good speaking part and enjoyed making the film . |
| 5 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 6 | It was just like Hilda — and she could tell herself she was giving the Walter Machin industry a boost while she was enjoying a good laugh . |
| 7 | I have been a keen metal detectorist for some years now and shortly after I started detecting I became aware of how difficult it was to find a good pair of gloves which would keep the hands warm and dry , but still allow a reasonable amount of dexterity for detector operation . |
| 8 | In fact , as late as the 1940s a shilling a day for a young caddie was considered a good wage . |
| 9 | At twenty-eight shillings a week , ‘ it was considered a good position , ’ says Marian , his daughter . |
| 10 | Three pound a week was considered a good wage . |
| 11 | Carolan 's appointment as Minister of Fine Arts was considered a good one , diverting his energies to extolling the peculiar merits of English painting , and to bringing " Pictures to the People " in the form of travelling exhibitions . |
| 12 | Was considered a good location for a public meeting . |
| 13 | From the results obtained PABA-UDCA disulphate was considered a good material to detect intestinal bacteria . |
| 14 | He was becoming a good shot , in spite of the lack of practice in the army . |
| 15 | My aim was to secure a good head of each species and , in consequence , except when I shot for meat , I shot selectively and seldom . |
| 16 | To start with the lowest common denominator , all sections of the Labour Party could agree that the object was to cement a good working relationship between the government and the trade unions , and thereby also to secure widespread political support , to develop a hegemony which would contrast sharply with both the Heath phase and the bitterness and disillusionment which followed compulsory wage restraint and ‘ In Place of Strife ’ in the late '60s . |
| 17 | By 1980 the succession of troubles along the Iran-Iraq border , combined with uncertainty as to the international behaviour to be expected of post-revolutionary Iran , was provoking a good deal of disquiet in the outside world , particularly among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) states . |
| 18 | If a player was granted a good fixture , if the weather held fair , and if the player was popular with the supporters , a good sum might be raised . |
| 19 | Klein advanced Gentle five hundred pounds to pay the rent on the studio , and left him to it , remarking only that Gentle was looking a good deal better than he 'd looked previously , though he smelt a good deal worse . |
| 20 | The first of these was the landowning class , the nobility and gentry ; the leaders of the community , whose duty it was to set a good example to the rest , to be ‘ the helpers and releuers of poore tenantes , and also be the maynteynors and supporters of all poore folkes ’ . |
| 21 | He was offered a good job on a ship called the and she 's purpose built for the North sea after |
| 22 | After thinking about it , Cameron replied , ‘ James , I was told a good thing once , by the sawyer at Bunarkaig . |
| 23 | She was getting a good response from her students . |
| 24 | She had asked Tim for his advice and thoughts on the matter , since Tim was undergoing a good education . |
| 25 | Instead , as I sat in my cabin moodily pouring another Freezobalm , I was facing a good chance of losing my valuable reputation as an interplanetary courier . |
| 26 | When the use of the vernacular was introduced a good deal of new music was demanded . |
| 27 | I thought I was doing a good enough job against Southampton to stay on . |
| 28 | So far as the housekeeping was concerned , Leopold had to admit that Constanze was doing a good job , and seemed to be extremely economical . |
| 29 | There is no doubt that this form of target language is unacceptable to English speakers , who might dismiss the interpreter or , more likely , assume that this was a function of the deaf person 's lack of knowledge of English ( and feel that the interpreter was doing a good job ) . |
| 30 | For an eagle who had been so ill Minch was doing a good job being terrifying . |