Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people .
2 I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’
3 By doing so I hope to provide a great example for others to follow and to leave my name and footprints in the history of my school .
4 I happen to have a great deal on my mind at the moment .
5 It erm I suppose released a great deal of pressure that seemed to have been building up .
6 I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’
7 valium is not an accepted treatment for depression and that we have excellent anti-depressant drugs , particularly ones that have come just in recent years that are very effective for depression , and I think bringing a great deal of benefit to depressed people .
8 ‘ I am in covenant with other church leaders in Yorkshire and this , I think has a great significance — the way that we work together and the personal friendships that are growing between us .
9 I was down in the workshops and I 've run a great splinter into my thumb . ’
10 What about it like this , see , I 've done all those hats , I 've done the , I 've gone a great hat I have
11 I 've gained a great deal of experience these psst two and a half years and I think I could manage a stud farm quite easily now .
12 I 've met a great number of very interesting people , ’ he murmurs .
13 I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’
14 If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all .
15 If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all .
16 So , though I had a bad time , well I had a , I 've had a great life since !
17 Kylie told the magazine reporter : ‘ I 've had a great family life and have n't had the sort of problems she encountered .
18 Firstly , I 've had a great season with all my favourite teams ( Manchester United , Rangers and Linfield ) , winning their respective league titles .
19 I 've had a great time , ’ Ashley said , thanking Vitor when he brought the car to a halt .
20 I 've had a great deal of fun reviewing Animation Works Interactive , so much so that I 've been staying in the office well past my normal time just to play with it .
21 I 've got a great idea .
22 Then after a year in Israel doing research on migrating birds of prey — ‘ I 've got a great story about that , mate .
23 They really must realise that time and time again being equivocal on defence when you 're on the left of centre means that voters somehow do n't vote for you , and I think they 've had to learn this lesson yet again and I only hope that by the er December elections in West Germany the Social Democratic Party who I 've got a great deal of er sympathy for on most social issues will be firm and clear about a united Germany not being neutral and within NATO .
24 ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it .
25 He created Apollo , which I have conducted a great deal .
26 As a frequent visitor to Scotland I have formed a great admiration for the Scottish farmer 's skills , particularly in animal husbandry and the attention that he pays to the production of a crop of whose product I am a not infrequent consumer .
27 I have lived a great deal in other centuries . ’
28 I have heard a great deal about Harvard — who has n't ?
29 Over nearly fifty years , I have developed a great affection for them .
30 I have given a great deal of thought as to how much I should actually tell you about this period and what just to leave to your imagination .
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