Example sentences of "seem [prep] a good idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 2 | But there are two other ways in which things could change drastically , making what seemed like a good idea turn very bad indeed . |
| 3 | ‘ The hotel bar was closed and we were all famished so it seemed like a good idea to trek down to the local ‘ pub ’ to search out a few sarnies , ’ says Gedge . |
| 4 | You did not go off and set up house with the man in your life and perhaps think about marriage if it seemed like a good idea , after a year or two . |
| 5 | It seemed like a good idea to ask for ‘ guinea pigs ’ to test the diet . |
| 6 | Becoming entangled in the web you have woven ; after all , ‘ it seemed like a good idea at the time ’ . |
| 7 | It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run . |
| 8 | Justifying my needs was difficult , but with retirement looming up it seemed like a good idea . |
| 9 | Again they said yes , that seemed like a good idea , great , marvellous . |
| 10 | ‘ Yeah , it seemed like a good idea at the time … ’ |
| 11 | The club had fallen on hard times , and the arrival of a travelling circus of the long hairs , trainee freaks and happening performers seemed like a good idea . |
| 12 | ‘ Because it seemed like a good idea at the time . ’ |
| 13 | The question really was , did being alone with me on a boat seem like a good idea or not ? " |
| 14 | Prince does to black music what the Butthole Surfers do to rock — survey its whole length and breadth , take whatever seems like a good idea , regardless of its proper place in the narrative of pop , gather then let loose with a supreme incontinence and disregard for modesty . |
| 15 | ‘ It seems like a good idea to me , but then I hate drinking milk anyway . |
| 16 | Getting a friend to feed the fish seems like a good idea , but after you have learned the discipline to only feed that tiny amount it may be better not to trust the job to an inexperienced person . |
| 17 | On the face of it this seems like a good idea . |
| 18 | ‘ Paulo 's suggested we should turn it into a small club for residents , and , from what I 've seen , it seems like a good idea . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ This may have seemed like a good idea when the rink was being built because it should give long term durability , but when a problem like this arises then the whole rink has to be closed and dug up . |
| 20 | Asking the fire brigade for help when you 're locked out of your house may seem like a good idea . |
| 21 | Opening a brewery at a time when Britain 's drinkers are supping less beer than they used to might not seem like a good idea . |