Example sentences of "had [been] [art] good " in BNC.

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1 While it 's always good to know the odd tuba player ( and let's face it , most of them are ) , Chase unfortunately was a fanatic , believing that there had been no good jazz since the King Oliver band .
2 Charges that there had been no good times in England since William came in , or that William had ruined the nation , were fairly common .
3 Yet the Chelsea manager , Bobby Campbell , and Arsenal assistant , Theo Foley , agreed it had been a good match , and the spectators ' complaints were muted .
4 Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’
5 She had been a good woman .
6 It had been a good lunch and conversation had been light and easy .
7 It was by now that and I wondered whether chilli had been a good choice for a hot meal .
8 She had been a good wife , too .
9 ‘ There had been a good relationship on the whole between the management and myself and it has been supportive on both sides . ’
10 Mr. O'Callaghan said it had been a good contest and the closeness in the result showed how evenly the teams were matched .
11 I was forced to concede B&B had been a good idea !
12 There had been a good many glasses and now he signalled to Midnight who came from the shadows by the far wall , bringing a bottle of port to refill the glass held out .
13 I did n't forget Nelly who had been a good little friend to me , and eventually we did meet up again , several years later .
14 His huge opponent lay defeated and bloodied , and his blood-lust was more than satisfied ; it had been a good night and it was time to go .
15 The parable concludes with Jesus making the lawyer admit that the Samaritan had been a good neighbour .
16 Andrew Jean had been a good ‘ pomp , a good gangbuddy .
17 Said Platt : ‘ The haggling over the contract spoiled what had been a good summer for me .
18 It was just bad luck for the second man that it had been a good place .
19 Michael , God love him , had been a good son in many ways .
20 Nevertheless she had been a good , kind sister and looked after him very well .
21 He had been a good friend to her and when she walked out on her parents she had made straight for the bar , looking for him .
22 TWW , whatever its weaknesses , had been a good and caring company .
23 But it had been a good day .
24 1951 had been a good year for Minton .
25 His fruit plantation had been a good four-hour walk from the village , and he was used to visiting it alone .
26 She had been a good companion ; she did not deserve this from him .
27 Sheldukher 's choice of bodyguard had been a good one .
28 Paula Kahn , chairman and chief executive of Longman Group , commented that it had been a good year for Longman ‘ despite the impact of the recession in some of our key markets around the world , particularly our ELT markets in Europe ’ .
29 Today had been a good day .
30 It had been a good year for Kenneth personally , too .
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