Example sentences of "had a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had , however , a natural ability with a penny-whistle , of which he had a great number , one of which he always carried in his pocket . |
| 2 | This idea had a great influence upon the thinking of Schopenhauer who followed up its implications more thoroughly than did Kant. 9 . |
| 3 | I ATTENDED four of the evening sessions of this year 's Great British Beer Festival and had a great time — my thanks to all those who worked so hard to make it such a success . |
| 4 | Recruitment policies are not touched on , with one brief prewar exception ( p. 10 ) , which means that we are kept in ignorance of the kinds of men and women ( reputedly mostly Oxbridge dons ) who augmented MI5 's strength and clearly had a great impact on its whole character and competence at the beginning of the war . |
| 5 | ‘ You had a great head on you the way you thought the plan through from beginning to end . |
| 6 | ‘ You had a great head on you , Michael . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Whether you 've enjoyed quick service in a restaurant or had a great hair-do , giving a cash token lets people know their talents are n't taken for granted . ’ |
| 8 | Philip had a great interest and gift with the young . |
| 9 | An hour and a half later , Jakki had a great interview in the can . |
| 10 | His specialities were country houses , churches and vicarages , and he had a great love for bricks , which he used brilliantly and ingeniously . |
| 11 | he had a great attitude about him . |
| 12 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
| 13 | We had a great image . |
| 14 | It meant that the Test career of a man aged just 31 , who still had a great deal to offer his country , was almost over ; true , it would be terminated by his own decision to go to South Africa , but this came about only because of his disillusion with cricket 's establishment . |
| 15 | He said he had a friend who had a great interest in grandfather clocks . |
| 16 | I had the feeling on reading it that a dam had just burst , and that she had a great deal more to say . |
| 17 | The Black Boar had a great crest running from his head along his spine , like the dorsal fin of a fish , the hairstyle of a Mohawk or the rays of the sun . |
| 18 | She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood . |
| 19 | ‘ He had a great long stride — like he was wearing seven league boots . |
| 20 | Sergei , a cynical NCO , had a great line in profitable card tricks . |
| 21 | There was no general ruling on what type of person was best able to carry out these tasks but the two most common groups were : ( a ) the older wife who had a great deal of experience , and ( b ) the young wife who had made a determined effort to acquire as much knowledge and skill as possible . |
| 22 | Richard Baxter also had a great burden for foreign missionary work . |
| 23 | ‘ She had a great big elephant … that 's one of those muckle beasts with two tails from Africa ! ’ |
| 24 | The French family , de Jussieu , had a great interest in botany and of two wild tomatoes , named by Miller Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium and L. peruvianum he wrote in the Dictionary : |
| 25 | In 1907 , however , the Bondholders had a great deal more at risk than in the 1960 's and the 2:1 arrangement gave them some protection and rights over their own investments and the Club 's destiny . |
| 26 | The wave had a great deal of undertow . |
| 27 | The repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 clearly had a great influence upon the increase in grain arrivals at Gloucester . |
| 28 | During the 12th century , the Abbot of St Peters had a great deal of construction work carried out , the result of which was the creation of the River Twyver , powering no less than seven monastic mills , all under his control . |
| 29 | Max Jacob and Modigliani were always assumed to be good friends ; they had a great deal in common . |
| 30 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |