Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] [adv] a good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many consumers are against it : about three out of ten say it 's never a good thing , and most others see it as an occasional necessity rather than as having positive advantages ( see Appendix I , Main survey ) . |
| 2 | Now Will brought down an old van er which was scrap it was quite a good body I mean and he painted on it , We 're still open , er something like , Despite Transport and General Workers ' Union picketing we are fully open , and he plonked this van with no wheels on it just the body right th in the entrance of th on his own ground naturally er right in front of the pickets which was like you know tantalizing . |
| 3 | and erm Wickham Market had erm Machine Centre erm , that was used during the war for erm certain courses er particularly for erm tractor drivers , they used to er have a week 's course , they had to apply to the Education Committee and er we got these applications in and erm they spent a week at Wickham Market , then in they used to stay in lodgings if they came from great distances and erm they would learn about the maintenance of erm of tractors and er , I suppose it 's quite a good thing really because er , it was difficult to get any repairs done in those days |
| 4 | So would you mind describing how you got it up there again cos I thought it was quite a good story . |
| 5 | Erm , very briefly , erm , Councillor passed over to me , erm , a report from the planning committee about planning policy guidelines , the countryside and the rural economy , and I thought it was quite a good paper , so we 've copied it and sent it round to you . |
| 6 | I thought it was quite a good joke myself |
| 7 | I mean it 's probably a good idea to make a If you do a questionnaire to make a note of what accent |
| 8 | I mean it 's quite a good |
| 9 | Erm , she thinks it 's quite a good course , she likes the tutors and , she likes going out with friends who , who she meets at college . |
| 10 | Erm I do n't know what this is serious point actually if if you fancy yourself as one of these so called mums and I think it is a little patronizing the er title of a mums ' army of teachers , if you think that maybe you could do that and you 'd be interested in doing that and you think it 's quite a good idea I 'd be interested in hearing from you , all right ? |
| 11 | And that 's what we 're selling more of now than anything else er and I , I think it 's quite a good idea really , light up the things that you like in the house , er and erm , not the things you do n't like . |
| 12 | So But I like what I 'm taking I think it 's quite a good choice . |
| 13 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 14 | I said it was probably a good thing Cas. was always so busy , and Gwenellen , having already worked in Cas. , advised me to avoid the splint room on the rare quiet night . |
| 15 | yeah and she said it was quite a good thing |