Example sentences of "were [verb] a good deal " in BNC.

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1 The Gods were banished to high places , men were re-created a good deal smaller , and much of the old wild magic was sucked out of the earth .
2 There 's a man-track in fact , there are several — and they look as though they were used a good deal .
3 Bargain-hunters flocked to the stores , believing they were getting a good deal only to find they had paid the normal price or , in some cases , more .
4 Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal .
5 Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal .
6 They were getting a good deal out of staying at our house .
7 Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money .
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