Example sentences of "[verb] great things " in BNC.
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| 1 | A perfect illustration of his balanced theology was given in the memorable sub-division of his sermon ; ‘ Expect great things from God : attempt great things for God . ’ |
| 2 | We expect great things of you . ’ |
| 3 | It 's always slightly daunting at this particular time because you 're introduced as some sort of guru and people expect great things . |
| 4 | The 1976 season started with Mario and Peterson in the 77 , but the 78 , which promised great things , was already in the works . |
| 5 | Jimmy Wilde , our centre-half , made an excellent debut for us in preventing Simpson from scoring but manager Fred Maven and Secretary Edmund Goodman knew immediately that this was a man who could do great things for Palace . |
| 6 | But the occasional bath with bath oil and a relaxed soak , followed by body lotion lovingly applied , can do great things for the morale and help the appearance too . |
| 7 | For example , we may do great things while they are in care , achieving personal growth and forming relationships , but this is vitiated as adolescents face , at the age of 18 , the constraints of joblessness , social isolation and poor accommodation . |
| 8 | Loyalty can do great things , to quote the man himself . |
| 9 | They would achieve great things together , Rosa swore to herself , she would help him bring about his vision of converting the army to the cause of justice and equality . |
| 10 | John Yearley his coach says there 's no reason why Carl ca n't achieve great things and they 're looking towards a medal at the next olympics |
| 11 | Finding myself in the coal bunker at the back of the bungalow I did nothing till the morning of dawning when maximum light was to be utilised for a rather essential cold water wash under an outside tap , and I was soon back on the solid road remarking that the hedgerows ' newborn leaves utter great things . |
| 12 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 13 | ‘ Hear you 've got great things going on over there . ’ |
| 14 | Deane looked good and happy to be there , and had enough chances to promise great things in the future . |
| 15 | We have the potential to do great things . ’ |
| 16 | This wonderful device is supposed to do great things for Britain 's arts and architectural heritage , among other good causes ; it is to provide the jam on the plain bread and butter the Treasury says it will continue to provide . |
| 17 | And the Minister was prepared to predict great things for the candidate should he win . |
| 18 | The golfing world has been expecting great things from Norman for years . |
| 19 | Larder , who has given the captaincy to tough utility forward Paul Hulme , is also expecting great things from giant Welsh second rower Paul Moriarty . |
| 20 | But I 'm expecting great things of you , too . " |
| 21 | There were witches who healed children and cattle , wizards who worked great things for lords . |
| 22 | But do not pretend that people become great by doing great things . |
| 23 | I dream , I hope and I pray that in our diocese we shall see God ‘ s Spirit , the Spirit that fell on Mary , coming to us and doing great things for God . |
| 24 | I intend doing great things tonight … great things . |
| 25 | erm The Spire is erm a symbol that has a lot of meanings attached to it , and it 's finally a book not about the building of a spire , but about a particular obsession in an individual human being , about the ideas that a man might have about ways of doing great things , which might actually be ideas that are rooted in some sort of self-deception . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been hearing great things about you , great things . ’ |
| 27 | The chances of achieving great things with your puppy increases if training begins at an early age . |
| 28 | You are an ambitious sign capable of achieving great things . |
| 29 | I gather great things were expected of him . |
| 30 | A perfect illustration of his balanced theology was given in the memorable sub-division of his sermon ; ‘ Expect great things from God : attempt great things for God . ’ |