Example sentences of "you have [vb pp] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 2 | Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this |
| 3 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 've endured a great deal , especially yesterday . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 've had a bad deal . |
| 6 | And we 're very grateful , you 've brought rural interest , you 've brought much wider interest , and you 've brought a great deal of warmth and compassion and interest and time , what more could we say , but to show a token of our appreciation and give you a few flowers to go with that . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've changed a great deal , Angharad , ’ he said , ‘ you were just a little girl when I finished my apprenticeship and now look at you . ’ |
| 8 | " You 've learned a great deal from Sister Anne and I see in you the quality which is needed at Yelton . |
| 9 | And since then you 've worked a great deal together ? |
| 10 | You see , Mr McKillop , although I 'm reasonably happy to accept you as Elsie 's brother and I appreciate that you 've put a great deal of work into tracking her down , I 'm bound to say that I respect Elsie 's wishes to start life afresh and leave her old life behind . |
| 11 | At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal . |
| 12 | If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes . |
| 13 | Your recordings of Strauss 's orchestral works have become something of a legend , including works like the Sinfonia Domestica and the Alpine Symphony , which you have done a great deal to rehabilitate in public esteem . |
| 14 | You learned to speak a long time ago and , no doubt , you have talked a good deal since then . |
| 15 | You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values . |