Example sentences of "i great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I great exception to that because the savings on his side may be public transport has been at the expense of the workers in public transport and the people who use public transport . |
| 2 | You do me great honor in proposing me as your President , & if I did not feel that my acceptance of this favour would tend much to defeat the laudable object of your pursuit I should most certainly gratify my own ambition , & have the pleasure to preside at your meetings . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ The Chinese students have given me great hope for the future of China and Tibet . |
| 4 | This matter has caused me great concern and problems early in the Parliament , but I hope in the next 24 hours to show where my true attitudes lie . |
| 5 | I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion for the Adjournment of the House in order to raise a matter that is causing me great concern — the number of cases in my constituency of considerable financial hardship being experienced by full-time and part-time students . |
| 6 | That disparity causes me great concern . |
| 7 | I recently had some bad news and everyone helped me through it and gave me great support . |
| 8 | Then he said , ‘ My lord , you do me great honour . |
| 9 | You do me great honour . ’ |
| 10 | For he that is mighty hath done to me great things , and holy is his name . |
| 11 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
| 12 | Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er |
| 13 | This , I must say , gave me great pleasure . |
| 14 | For years I grew the honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Aureoreticulata on a west-facing wall , and its small oval leaves , heavily veined with deep yellow , gave me great pleasure . |
| 15 | This hardly tallies with the sentiments expressed in a letter in the possession of the College in which Coleman , writing on 24 February 1813 , gracefully declined an invitation to become President of the London Veterinary Society : ‘ Gentlemen , I received your letter , and it gives me great pleasure to see so much zeal for the improvement of the veterinary art in Gentlemen , whom any & every Teacher might well be proud to call his Pupils — I shall most willingly grant the use of the College Theatre for the examination and discussion of such points as may be considered by you most important for the advancement of the Veterinary Science … you rightly observe that a number of minds concentrated on one object can not fail to improve any art far beyond the reach of any individual and I have no doubt that the Public will ultimately derive great benefits from your united exertions . |
| 16 | It gave me great pleasure to play it with Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms , and in Salzburg , Lucerne , Berlin , and Japan . |
| 17 | ‘ The Opera London production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream gave me great pleasure , Noye 's Fludde too . ’ |
| 18 | And it gives me great pleasure to personally invite you and your guest , to spend a luxurious weekend on the Craigendarroch Country Estate , just a few miles from Balmoral in the heart of Royal Deeside . |
| 19 | ‘ I never knew whether I should believe that man … but , you know , he gave me great pleasure . |
| 20 | ‘ It would give me great pleasure . ’ |
| 21 | " It gives me great pleasure , Madame Sherman , to welcome you and your son to the imperial court of Annam , " he said politely . |
| 22 | It gives me great pleasure to wish AEA Technology and their new journal Competitive Edge every success in their efforts to assist the technology transfer process . |
| 23 | ‘ I know the age of everything in the garden , ’ he says , ‘ and it brings me great pleasure . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I would , gladly , if I knew ; it would appear to be the quickest way of getting rid of you , and that , Mr Whoever-you-are , would give me great pleasure . ’ |
| 25 | Congress , it gives me great pleasure to declare congress open . |
| 26 | Thank you very much , er , conference , and indeed it gives me great pleasure to address you this morning . |
| 27 | I have to make two remarks that bring me great pleasure . |
| 28 | It gives me great pleasure to commend to the House the fourth report by the Select Committee on Social Security . |
| 29 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He was beastly to me on Saturday night , and it would give me great pleasure to tell him I was right all along . |