Example sentences of "[was/were] good for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Fred Wilton who devised the theory that if carp were offered HNV baits over a long enough period , i.e. through extensive pre-baiting , they would eventually recognise that they were good for them , and seek out these baits in preference to low protein types such as bread , worms , potatoes or , indeed , even natural food . |
| 2 | Lorna Wood , a promotion activist working for the industry , gave me the full shock-horror story : ‘ People knew raisins were good for them . |
| 3 | Although I hated the very idea of selling things to people who might not want to buy them ( even if it was good for them ) I made quite a few sales , the main commission deriving from the sale of a Group Insurance Scheme to 32 men from the Times-Herald staff . |
| 4 | If they knew what was good for them they 'd be raising their panamas quizzically , glowering under the brims of their fedoras , flourishing their tweed caps and tilting their trilbies from morning till night . |
| 5 | I think it was good for them . |
| 6 | On the other hand , when they got the chance , they drank more than was good for them , and they all smoked , either surreptitiously or openly , depending on where they were and the various fashions in tolerance among their parents , some of whom still smoked cannabis to the scorn of their offspring . |
| 7 | Constance frequently reiterated that she would never buy anything that had belonged to somebody else , that meant something to them , that had been warm against their skin or over the fireplace : only brand-new articles , the stuff of commerce in transit between factory and store , the owners of which already had more money than was good for them and were themselves no better than they should be . |
| 8 | He told supporters what was good for them . |