Below you will find example sentences with "good things". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Good Things in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: things
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.9 words

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "good things" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as all the good things that will, are obviously good things like the, bad, happen and happening stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with good luck, good morning and good guys, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with good things

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

We know that good things and bad things happen to everyone. (11 words)

But, bold people think of all the good things that will happen when things go right. (16 words)

In other words, it says, 'bad things happen to bad people, and good things happen to good people'. (18 words)

As last week’s column pointed out, everyone is familiar with the adage about ifs and buts, candy and nuts and merry Christmases, and last year’s Highlander team was also very close to having good things happen — but those good things never materialized. (44 words)

In all the things that were happening in Iraq, the good things of helping local villagers and schools, or the bad things such as the tragic loss of life and vicious attacks, I knew a constant comfort was my team, the Patriots. (42 words)

Things were just happening, and they were either good or bad, and I wanted to get away from the bad things and find the good things; or, if there were no good things to find, kill myself to get away altogether. (41 words)

From my count that is 4x “wins” – we avoid two bad things and replace them with two good things! (19 words)

Example sentences (20)

Things were just happening, and they were either good or bad, and I wanted to get away from the bad things and find the good things; or, if there were no good things to find, kill myself to get away altogether.

The bad things don't erase the good things (and likewise), you just take the good things and don't use/ignore the "bad" things.

I thought what Matawalle would have done is to look at those things, those good things that Yari did in the last eight years and build on those good things to enhance continuity which is critical in leadership.

In all the things that were happening in Iraq, the good things of helping local villagers and schools, or the bad things such as the tragic loss of life and vicious attacks, I knew a constant comfort was my team, the Patriots.

Christmas in our modern world is busy — usually with many good things — but sometimes even good things can be a distraction from the simplicity of the birth of the world’s most famous baby.

In other words, it says, 'bad things happen to bad people, and good things happen to good people'.

Most reviews start with the good things — the positives if you will — and I promise you that this phone we have for review today also has a lot of good things.

As last week’s column pointed out, everyone is familiar with the adage about ifs and buts, candy and nuts and merry Christmases, and last year’s Highlander team was also very close to having good things happen — but those good things never materialized.

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From my count that is 4x “wins” – we avoid two bad things and replace them with two good things!

We know that good things and bad things happen to everyone.

If humans are bad things, it’s the tiniest of steps before killing, genocide and disease become good things.

But, bold people think of all the good things that will happen when things go right.

Fritze said there were more good things he saw from the East Ridge team than bad things, so he's hoping to continue growing on the improvements and get prepared for another game next Friday.

Specifically, I found a trio of really good things and a pair of rather bad things, so there’s five elements to discuss.

If the charts deteriorate in a meaningful way, we must be flexible enough to reassess the odds of good things happening relative to the odds of bad things happening.

If they want to start doing good things they must start by stopping the bad things,” said Perrier.

Leaders usually take ownership of good things they have done, but most leaders won’t take ownership of the bad things that they have done.

There are obviously good things, like the cleaning up of Georgetown’s streets and waterways, and things that require some getting used to, like the more effective tax collection systems being put in place.

I think those are examples of some really good actors and some really good things that are happening across the RTO footprint.

TikTokers all around the world are swearing by a simple tactic to bring good fortune into their lives - and it's as easy as simply believing that good things will happen to them.

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