Example sentences of "was [adj] a good idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was this a good idea ? she asked herself . |
| 2 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , shaking her head , ‘ I do n't think that was such a good idea now . |
| 3 | I explained at length that I did n't think this was such a good idea . |
| 4 | The heating in the Met Office was by means of an open coke fire , and this we kept stoked up high on cold nights , but I 'm not sure that this was such a good idea . |
| 5 | A jolt of pain in my head made me wonder whether it was such a good idea . |
| 6 | It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm beginning to wonder if this was such a good idea . ’ |
| 8 | No , here 's the apple tree , I think that 's the rose arch , but she did n't think that was such a good idea , and she was probably quite right . |
| 9 | Chairmen and chief executives will eventually become weary of their audit partner explaining why a particular merger with another firm was first a good idea and then a bad idea . |