Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] [be] good [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tend to think of all the convenience food as junk but I 'm sure some must be better than others . ’ |
| 2 | She tried to make light of the situation by telling the child this would be better than having some teeth out , which was planned for the following day . |
| 3 | She had a sense that Charlie was about to get paternal with her , and the prospect was an embarrassing one ; but at least this would be better than his anger . |
| 4 | No I , I really , I 've got ta be very careful , that 'll be better cos it 's got the elastic , right we 'd better get on then had n't we ? |
| 5 | Yeah well that is n't a prob well well perhaps that 'll be better if I had er long wheel base down here and do that first , that goes out first ? |
| 6 | Yeah that 'd be good that cos I I think I 've only ever made that once and it was sort of a bit peculiar when you make it . |
| 7 | Even that would be better than the policy Vacuum there has been since Black Wednesday . |
| 8 | Even that would be better than separation . |
| 9 | Oh that would be good cos I was going to say normally , is er sort of up in that corner in charge of the tombola but er |
| 10 | ‘ That would be good because she 's a radical woman in the broadest definition of the word , ’ Glenys said . |
| 11 | That will be better than the factory . ’ |
| 12 | We 'll call in , that will be better than phoning at least you know whe you know you 're gon na get there . |