Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [art] great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 2 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 3 | I tried to convince him there must be jugs at the grade and he fell for it , allowing me to breathe a great sigh of relief . |
| 4 | For some of these adults , aged from their twenties to forties , expert counselling on a one to one basis is helping them to go a great deal further . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think I had a great deal to do with it . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't mean I could do it myself , not straight away , I just mean I get a great sense of comradeship with these people . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't know you hunted the great plastic elk . ’ |
| 8 | Has she seen the great efforts being made this year to obtain private inward investment into southern Africa in the form of conferences and other initiatives ? |
| 9 | ‘ I want you to have a great time tonight , ’ he said several times , ‘ but do n't go without taking away 12 business cards . ’ |
| 10 | The children say they had a great time , eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus . |
| 11 | That has not prevented them exercising a great influence on our cultural development . |
| 12 | She says I think the greatest problem for me is the mornings — having to work early — starting work at half past seven — there is n't a bus as early as that , leaving from Langford village into Bicester — so normally I have to walk it which takes 20-25 minutes — in the cold , which I absolutely hate ! |
| 13 | I imagine you have a great deal to keep you awake at night . ’ |
| 14 | The way you move , sit and stand will show you have a greater body awareness and pride . |
| 15 | But whether or not this is done we have a great body of human testimony to the reality of what is being ( if still generally ) described . |
| 16 | At the very height of the paroxysm , he made a movement with his knee which caused him to give a great cry which she , lost in the abandon of the moment , construed as passion , but was in fact a loud , animal yelp of pain . |
| 17 | He says he has the greatest respect for the Chancellor , but wants the freedom as a back bencher to speak openly about his views . |
| 18 | She says it means a great deal . |
| 19 | Mr Gorbachev would like them to do a great deal more . |
| 20 | Since the lands of the Templars in England were worth nearly £3000 annually , the reluctance of Edward II , no less than of Edward III , to surrender them needs no great explanation . |
| 21 | You can see I had no great hopes for my future as a woman . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't see you have a great deal of choice , ’ he drawled , ‘ unless of course you wish to walk home — in which case you may as well forget our agreement . |
| 23 | With the amazing eyesight that had helped him become a great player , Luke pointed out egrets , storks and even a snake that whisked into its hole before Perdita could see it . |
| 24 | But when mastered it gives a great feeling of exhilaration and achievement , in other words your ego 's going to get built if you 're good on that . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ Ellen said , ‘ I am very fond of my husband , in spite of my western ways , and I know he has a great respect for you , Nerina ; and is thrilled about your publishing contract , and any betrayal of confidence has been totally inadvertent . |
| 26 | Indeed , I suppose I owe a great deal to his novel , Caleb Williams , which I have read several times with a daughter 's care . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ We believe we have a great case . |
| 28 | We feel we do a great deal of work in this area but the majority of it is incorporated in thematic work or incidental . |
| 29 | In his pre-National race Devon Loch gave a stone to another future Gold Cup winner , Kerstin , when running third to her in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham , after which Dick Francis reported to the Queen Mother that ‘ Devon Loch was staying on really well , and I feel we have a great chance at Aintree . ’ |
| 30 | Meanwhile , the pilot of Beyond Our Ken was listened to by the BBC mandarins , who decided they liked a great deal about it and decreed it would definitely become a radio series . |