Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He created Apollo , which I have conducted a great deal . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ I have lived a great deal in other centuries . ’ |
4 | ‘ I have heard a great deal about Harvard — who has n't ? |
5 | Over nearly fifty years , I have developed a great affection for them . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I 'm a Catholic parent and I have seen a great deal of correspondence and adverse publicity in the local and Catholic press about this new Religious Education programme ‘ Here I Am ’ . |
8 | For all that I have learned a greater variety of games , there are fewer I can tolerate . |
9 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
10 | It is all guesswork , but we can not help thinking about it , and I have thought a great deal about it . |
11 | During this period I have learnt a great deal about what children like [ and dislike ] at parties and have gathered together a selection of games , songs and magic tricks which I can guarantee will make any party a day to remember , for both children and adults . |
12 | ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League . |
13 | You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time . |
14 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
15 | She said , ‘ I have taken a great risk in coming to see you tonight . ’ |
16 | I have to make a great effort to keep the tent tidy . |
17 | I would have thought that there would be an appreciable market for this CD , which , on a personal level , I have enjoyed a great deal . |
18 | ‘ It would be nice to have it published , but even so , I have got a great sense of satisfaction from finding out things for myself , ’ she says of the volume , which includes 230 illustrations . |
19 | I have no interest myself in Michener or a lot of the writers of very long sagas erm who have made a great deal of money out of it . |
20 | At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal . |
21 | If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes . |
22 | Your recordings of Strauss 's orchestral works have become something of a legend , including works like the Sinfonia Domestica and the Alpine Symphony , which you have done a great deal to rehabilitate in public esteem . |
23 | You have to cause a great deal of damage to a Troll to stop it regenerating . |
24 | To understand life today , you have to have a great sense of humour . |
25 | You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values . |
26 | We have completed a great deal and the team knows exactly how a thing must be done , so it is simply a question of completing the sequence , designing our record packaging , and also seeing how the market is developing for the video players and monitors . |
27 | We have heard a great deal about the upheavals in Eastern Europe in recent months . |
28 | We have heard a great deal about the assistance that will be given to buy-outs . |
29 | It was sold as part of the National Bus Company sale to a company about which we have heard a great deal in our deliberations , Stagecoach , which is based in Perth . |
30 | On the distinction between education and training , we have done a great deal to bring together the best of education and of training . |