Example sentences of "it be a good job " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We took this out of a Warrior in Oxford Barracks this morning — they had been practising firing at multiple targets , using the power traverse , When suddenly the turret went out of control — It 's a good job they were n't live firing on the range or someone could have been killed . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a good job the sale has fallen through . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a good job I saw you first , then ! ’ |
| 4 | It 's a good job she had n't time to think too much about these things , else she would get angry and likely join those suffragettes . |
| 5 | And she , still laughing , said , ‘ It 's a good job I changed my underwear yesterday . ’ |
| 6 | It 's a good job that Nan has been off with her bad leg these past two weeks . ’ |
| 7 | This corpse looks fresh — it 's a good job they do n't bury people properly round here , else I 'd have to dig 'em up . |
| 8 | But it 's a good job . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a good job we managed to get a shepherd . |
| 10 | It 's a good job it 's dead exciting — if a little transient . |
| 11 | They clinked their glasses ; then Martin , walking towards the long window , said , ‘ It 's a good job I did n't become engaged ; you should n't get married at a time like this . ’ |
| 12 | Police said : ‘ It 's a good job we got to him before he lost his hair , put on a frilly collar and developed total mastery of Elizabethan England . |
| 13 | And the little Springbok insisted : ‘ When McColgan broke her field in Japan , it 's a good job for her that I was n't there . |
| 14 | It was Aggie 's day to visit the outskirts , but as she looked out of the window on to the patch of grass that was welcoming the steady downpour , she said , half to herself , ‘ It 's a good job I 'm not forced to go out , ’ and a voice in her mind added , ‘ You need never go again if you do n't want to . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then it 's a good job I spent time with the Soviet Embassy in Stockholm before they sent me to Washington . |
| 16 | It 's a good job too . |
| 17 | It 's a good job Peggie 's not here , he told himself as he sipped the tea . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's a good job , an' the money 's not bad , ’ William was saying in answer to Daniel 's enquiry . |
| 19 | It 's a good job , she says , that they managed to complete most of the house before the birth , for they did n't anticipate the extent to which their lives would be turned upside down . |
| 20 | It 's a good job I 've got you away from a lifetime of crappy holopics . ’ |
| 21 | It 's a good job it 's not you . |
| 22 | " It 's a good job , and she was lucky to get it . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's a good job I know you , Charles ! |
| 24 | It 's a good job they 'd got the second book off to the publishers . |
| 25 | and an omnibus vote of , er , an omnibus welcome for a very large number of colleagues who are attending , er conference this year , Kevin , Birmingham regional president Jack , retired Lancashire regional secretary John , retired Liverpool regional secretary John , retired London regional secretary Cyril , retired Midland regional secretary , hang on , it goes on Andrew , retired Northern regional secretary Jim , Scottish retired regional secretary Derek , retired Southern regional secretary it 's a good job we 've got a good pension fund |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a good job you did n't try to sleep in these , you 'd have caught your death of cold . ’ |
| 27 | Carrie suddenly said , ‘ Your mum and I were worried about you , Seb , but all my dad could keep saying was , ‘ It 's a good job I managed to reach you when I did , or you 'd have been up at that farmhouse for another week . ’ ’ |
| 28 | It 's a good job I took the dog out this morning cos it ai n't fit to take a dog out . |
| 29 | Colleagues , it 's a good job this rule was not out when Will Thorn was about , eh ? |
| 30 | It 's a good job . |