Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him in great detail . |
| 2 | I enjoy receiving the newsletter and I read it with great nostalgia . |
| 3 | Be pleased to tell them that I remember them with great kindness and great respect . |
| 4 | I remember it with great nostalgia . ’ |
| 5 | BELVILLE : I know , my dear , I left you in great anxiety but 't is an anxiety you have brought upon yourself , and I have not been easy ever since I parted from you . |
| 6 | Having twice swum in this tunnel I treat it with great respect and lots of fear . |
| 7 | Out of the corner of her mouth — and she did it with great flair — Sorrel said : |
| 8 | What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ? |
| 9 | The process may sound wasteful , but they conduct it with great economy . |
| 10 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 11 | The box having been placed upon the table , he ordered it with great eagerness to be opened . |
| 12 | He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy . |
| 13 | Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not usually a very popular job , but he does it with great tact and skill , and under his guidance I do believe that our deficit is under control , and that it will be reduced . |