Example sentences of "had been great " in BNC.
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| 1 | The losses at the Battle of Sagrajas had been great and not even the addition of El Cid 's men could make it anything like as strong as it had been before the coming of Yusuf . |
| 2 | It had been great fun , much more so than he had anticipated . |
| 3 | From the 11th century , such events had been popular for about 500 years but over the centuries there had been great changes to the ways in which they had been conducted . |
| 4 | And the priests in Dunlaoghaire had been great , in and out all evening , three or maybe four of them saying nice things and talking to other people , making it seem somehow more normal , drinking cups of tea . |
| 5 | There had been great difficulty raising the £40,000 contribution from the unions . |
| 6 | At first , there had been great enthusiasm over the Collector 's decision to suppress the rights of property in the food that was to have been auctioned and to give a share to everybody . |
| 7 | The week-end had been great , but men left to themselves are apt to get a mite slipshod about such matters as mealtimes . |
| 8 | What stories he had beaten the great Stanford Roberts on , or even whether Stanford Roberts had been great after all ? |
| 9 | At this point , ‘ Dr Johnson observed that there had been great disputes about the spelling of Shakespear 's [ sic ] name : ‘ At last it was thought it would be settled by looking at the original copy of his will ; but , upon examining it , he was found to have written it himself no less than three different ways . ’ |
| 10 | But he noted that there had been great differences over the issue of securing international guarantees for the zone , and concluded that the practical realisation of the zone idea was a long-term task . |
| 11 | ‘ I told him that it had been great . ’ |
| 12 | It had been great fun . |
| 13 | Only last Friday there had been great excitement over Janice 's eighth birthday party . |