Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't you ever think it might be a shabby move lifting it off the album — a lot of people have mentioned this to me . |
| 2 | But if you are the one with the remit to make ‘ abc ’ happen , this book may well be a useful aid to guide you . |
| 3 | In other words if there be a moral burden to protest it should be well aimed , and be for proper reasons , difficult though this may be to define . |
| 4 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 5 | ‘ It will be a simple matter to reset it . ’ |
| 6 | Besides , if Maidstone could predict so accurately when Elsie would appear then it would be a simple matter to find her again — perhaps at the same time tomorrow . |
| 7 | ‘ She 'll be safe enough , but I 've a feeling it will be a long job to get her back on an even keel . |
| 8 | A man would have to be a real heel to leave him . |
| 9 | Barnes believes he will be fit for the Test but it would be a major risk playing him . |
| 10 | But he 'd be a complete idiot to do it . |
| 11 | ‘ I know you 're not pleased , but I thought it would be a good opportunity to say I 'm sorry . |
| 12 | Oliver now come on darling be a good boy give me that . |
| 13 | We thought it would be a good idea to give them a chance straight off to have an opinion , and we set them a nice problem , which was that they put a marble into something and another marble comes out thirty seconds later . |
| 14 | Cracks in bitumen felt can be sealed with a bitumen mastic , but even if you find the roof surface in relatively good condition , it would be a good idea to give it a nice thick coat of roofing compound , such as Isoflex , by Roncraft . |
| 15 | ‘ But in this case you decided it would be a good idea to leave me entirely in her more than capable hands ? ’ |
| 16 | The matches ceased with the advent of the Second World War but in the 1970's , Richard Beckwith , a local photographer whose father had been connected with the event , thought it would be a good idea to revive it . |
| 17 | I tell you , Lou , it might be a good idea to get her to go there sometimes , keep her eyes open . |
| 18 | Well I do n't know about that , I mean with some schools it 'd be a good idea to get them away from it . |
| 19 | I suggested that it might be a good idea to get it in midsummer so that I could get plenty of practice in before the skiddy weather set in , but he thought there might be too much tourist traffic going through the town and on the roads around it in the middle of the summer . |
| 20 | ‘ Maria Luisa and I thought it would be a good idea to get you two together again . |
| 21 | Mussolini , he reflected , was reputed to have made the trains run on time if nothing else , and he wondered if it might not be a good idea to offer him a job controlling Britain 's network . |
| 22 | The first boy says he 's never had vegge burgers before and thought it would be a good idea to try them . |
| 23 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 24 | He felt it would be a good idea to show her what she was missing by taking that ‘ I 'll ask my parents ’ line . |
| 25 | Well , not automatically , but they thought it would be a good idea to have him in . |
| 26 | Well to be quite honest I think the reason she wanted it in Norwich was cos Glasgow 're over-loaded as it was I think and they had to learn new skills and staff support and therefore it might not be a good idea to have them as well |
| 27 | ‘ I had n't thought of it , but it would be a good idea to clear them before we get more rain . |
| 28 | and do n't you think it would be a good idea have you said in your letter that you worked for the the therapist ? |
| 29 | So it might be a good idea to jot them in you got Is there a shop of souvenirs around here ? |
| 30 | I think at this point it would be a good idea to tell you what my own personal beliefs are — and please remember that I am not attempting to convert anyone else to them . |