Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [art] 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 acknowledged the great damage done to the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West .
4 I have lived a great deal in other centuries . ’
5 I have heard a great deal about Harvard — who has n't ?
6 Over nearly fifty years , I have developed a great affection for them .
7 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 .
8 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 ’ .
9 He argues — irrefutably , I believe , despite his oversimplification of Latin theology — that the early fathers ' understanding of God 's war with the Devil was obscured by rejigging the drama of what I have called the Great Battle into a legalistic rational framework .
10 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 .
11 It is all guesswork , but we can not help thinking about it , and I have thought a great deal about it .
12 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 .
13 I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League .
14 You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time .
15 I have had the great privilege to know some very talented young people whose dreams did come true .
16 He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House .
17 She said , ‘ I have taken a great risk in coming to see you tonight . ’
18 I have to make a great effort to keep the tent tidy .
19 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 .
20 ‘ 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 .
21 Parts of the desert landscape are , therefore , fossil forms subject to little subsequent modification , just as parts of the Highlands of Scotland are fossil glaciated forms , which have undergone no great modification since being glaciated .
22 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 .
23 At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal .
24 If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes .
25 He calms the whole student audience by concluding , ‘ In my opinion you have coined the great motto of our time : ‘ Make Love , Not War ’ , ’ and they all give the peace sign .
26 You have seen the great bear in the Tower bailey ? ’
27 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 .
28 You have to cause a great deal of damage to a Troll to stop it regenerating .
29 To understand life today , you have to have a great sense of humour .
30 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 .
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