Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malcolm Smith , who runs the noted Jencra herd at Stoke on Trent , paid 7,500gn for Jim Goldie 's 17-month-old Epatant son , Goldie 's Globetrotter , while the suitably named Goldie 's Goldmine , another by the same sire , made the same amount when it sold in a private deal to David Dick of Mains of Throsk , Stirling , and Archie McGregor , Allanfauld , Kilsyth , after being turned out of the ring unsold at 7,200gn . |
| 2 | It looks like a great deal to ask of our underpaid and undersupported teachers . |
| 3 | At that time the party seemed to have many of the characteristics of a party which did not expect to win elections : it had changed its leadership only a few weeks before the general election was called , Lansbury having resigned and been replaced by Attlee on a temporary basis ; and it suffered from a good deal of internal factionalism , and found its major policy demand — collective security through the League of Nations — ‘ scooped ’ by Stanley Baldwin , the Prime Minister . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed like a good deal so we went down to Rufford to check the company out . |
| 5 | It seemed like a fair deal . ’ |
| 6 | It calls for a great deal of skill and judgment and is a shot that needs to be practised regularly in order to play it well . |