Example sentences of "were [verb] the good " in BNC.
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| 1 | The end-of-year panic on discovering that other teachers had covered more had led to a general feeling that the quicker topics were completed the better . |
| 2 | When , in 1939 , The Architects ' Journal conducted a survey to find what were considered the best modern buildings in Britain , Battersea was placed second — and was the favourite of such unlikely celebrities as Sir Kenneth Clark , Rebecca West and Charles Laughton . |
| 3 | They were named the best Scout and Guide band and took the main award for the best band overall . |
| 4 | Chapman insisted , too , that his players should have decent club conditions , and the Highbury dressing-rooms were rated the best in the country at a time when most clubs were content to provide only the most spartan of facilities for changing and cleaning . |
| 5 | Before the new holes were commissioned the best had to be made of the shortened course , such as the 2nd also playing as the 17th . |
| 6 | Yes , in that sense , in that sense , the unconscious thought was expressed but the , but the point was , i the anxiety as it were got the better of the dream , did n't it , if you woke up ? |
| 7 | Just the way you once wished it could when you were regretting the good old days when a man could keep his unsuitable mistress hidden away , knowing she 'd be there waiting upon his pleasure , whenever he felt the urge and could spare the time to see her . |
| 8 | She knew perfectly well that it was not , but to her surprise nerves were getting the better of her . |
| 9 | But her anger and dislike were getting the better of her , and she wanted very much to have an argument with him — and win it . |
| 10 | ‘ We did not believe that we were getting the best range of stock into Dillons , ’ says Adrian Bourne , group managing director for sales . |
| 11 | They were getting the best of it , too , for there were only serving-people left and a few armed men , since the rest went off north with the courier . |
| 12 | Disappointment that they were losing the best American M D they had ever had , after less than one year , and alarm in the knowledge that his demotion almost certainly meant the end of the recovery and expansion plans , and possibly the end of vehicle manufacture in the UK . |
| 13 | Manager Atkinson said : ‘ I thought QPR were having the better of the first half until Deano did what he 's good at — scoring a goal when there is not really anything on . |
| 14 | And thought we were doing the best possible thing we could do . |
| 15 | A rapid method of assaying samples was essential in order to discover which extracts were giving the best yields , and the sooner a stable crude preparation was obtained which could act as a standard , the better . |
| 16 | We then went a stage further and to share the technology established joint teams for each of these major areas , so that er the specification while it was under Dasa 's leadership , it was actually done by a joint team which involved expertise from British Aerospace and the other three and er therefore at that time the whole Eurofighter consortium was confident that they were making the best use of the available expertise across the four partner companies , each bringing to the table , their own so that they could go forward on a confident basis . |