Example sentences of "used [prep] [be] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 2 | ‘ I used to be good at running , trained three times a week and I was always competing . |
| 3 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 4 | ‘ Sally used to be good mates with Zaria , did n't she ? ’ |
| 5 | He gets all over the pitch , and I could see him fitting in in all kinds of areas , he used to be good for Spurs even when the defence came under pressure , and he 'd tackle back , becoming the ball winner . |
| 6 | We used to be good enemies , that great prince and I , but somehow the enmity 's grown cool of late . |