Example sentences of "[be] [adv] to [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days this would have been all to the good . |
| 2 | In the Unification Church and they 're stealing a march on us right enough and that 's what they 're doing — stealing that march — and they 're up to no good in their unification and I know they 're not and they know I know they 're not and that 's why it all happened . |
| 3 | Naturally they probably think the police are up to no good . |
| 4 | Worried that leaving it in the basket might suggest that she had been up to no good , the girl ran downstairs starkers with her boyfriend in hot pursuit , playfully offering to help . |
| 5 | Well , it will surprise you to know that Mrs Glen thought I , me , myself , personally had been up to no good . |
| 6 | North Korea would probably still have to admit , as Iraq has done under UN sanctions and as South Africa did voluntarily , that it had been up to no good . |
| 7 | Somerset police had indeed called , and the BA had indeed been up to no good . |
| 8 | She could n't stand Clarissa who , in the past , had quite often perceived it as her duty to inform Scarlet that her daughter , in one way or another , had been up to no good . |
| 9 | Not content with blackguarding him in the columns of the local rag , him and his silly daughter 's bum , the one-time Chief Citizen of the Borough had been up to no good with a girl young enough to be Grace 's sister , and in the Grand Hotel , and at a Conservative Party conference of all places . |
| 10 | One can reckon that to be all to the good , from a stranger . |
| 11 | His presence , of course , will make things rather difficult for Canaris which will be all to the good . ’ |
| 12 | I told you he would be up to no good . ’ |
| 13 | If you knew him to be a criminal , you suspected him of being up to no good . |
| 14 | The business with the whore had proved that they were up to no good . |
| 15 | Wherever she appears , she 's up to no good . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Adam 's up to no good , ’ Buzz said firmly . |
| 17 | But now , anyone who 's up to no good may find they 're being watched . |
| 18 | She hung up on me , This was all to the good . |
| 19 | True , it was astonishingly heavy when one came to lift it , but — as the philosophical cook observed — that was all to the good , as one slice would be enough ! |
| 20 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 21 | Well , perhaps that was all to the good . |
| 22 | Even the photograph , she had to admit , was a good one : Hilda would never look attractive , Viola thought to herself , but at least she looked dignified , which was all to the good . |
| 23 | But that was all to the good . |
| 24 | Still , if he wanted to formally emphasise the gulf between them , it was all to the good . |
| 25 | Well , it was all to the good ; after he 'd finished skiing for the day they 'd return to the cottage , and she 'd set out for home . |
| 26 | It looked like somebody 's curtains cut up — which was what it probably was — and if it provided a talking-point — well , that was all to the good , was n't it ? |
| 27 | This meant all trains had to stop and , as Lydham Heath was our station , this was all to the good . |
| 28 | Carrying on and saying I was up to no good , out till that time . |