Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] a good " in BNC.

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1 And as a matter of fact , mad as it sounds , it was rather a good idea . ’
2 It was rather a good device and one which Fenella admitted to herself she would not thought that Caspar capable of thinking up so quickly .
3 It was also a good day for goalkeeper Graham Brown , who kept five clean sheets .
4 It was also a Good easter for Hereford … played two won one and drawn one … they only let in one goal … here it comes … scored by Shrewsbury
5 He was not a big star at the time and it was just a good song .
6 It was just a good album and they played the parts really well .
7 It was just a good school .
8 Secretary Debi Gaskin , 27 , said : ‘ There is nothing new in the film , it was just a good night out . ’
9 It was a formidable list and by now Mrs Phelps was filled with wonder and excitement , but it was probably a good thing that she did not allow herself to be completely carried away by it all .
10 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 .
11 The years of his isolation on a world where it was often a good idea to appear without warning had taught him how to move silently .
12 It was quite a good example of lobbying , in fact .
13 It was quite a good one ; he must remember to use it himself .
14 it was quite a good
15 ROS : It was quite a good play nevertheless .
16 And er it was quite a good move I think , to dispose of the , the charabancs and concentrate on the private cars .
17 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 .
18 So would you mind describing how you got it up there again cos I thought it was quite a good story .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 which I do n't think they were truly good , it was quite a good , reasonable living wi with a house thrown in .
22 the broken metal and then the steam roller was back and fore on it and It was quite a good surface you know , but
23 I thought it was quite a good joke myself
24 I hope Saturday 's as good as last Saturday it was quite a good night that .
25 It was quite a good reason really .
26 yeah and she said it was quite a good thing
27 It was quite a good one was n't it ?
28 It was quite a good little ear , I mean it was a commercial hotel and
29 It was quite a good venue anyway .
30 It was quite a good performance , I it looked like being a goal-less draw at the end , but really it was a better performance I thought , than against Milwall .
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