Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 121 , as to which Parke B. , in Cooper v. Parker ( 1855 ) 15 C.B. 828 , said , ‘ Whenever the question may arise as to whether Down v. Hatcher is good law , I should have a great deal to say against it , ’ yet there certainly are cases in which great judges have treated the dictum in Pinnel 's Case as good law . |
| 2 | I could spend a great deal of time extolling the history of the two countries . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd give a great deal , ’ Flavia said , ‘ to know about you , to know what your life is really like ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd need a great deal more money before I could start up my own stud farm here . |
| 5 | Or trying to , but I 'd have a great deal more chance of success if people did n't keep trying to drag the whole sordid mess out into the open . |
| 6 | I would place a great deal of emphasis on my own impressions , the comments of people in authority and I would focus on the key personalities in the ‘ drama ’ . |
| 7 | And I would have a great deal of sympathy with that view , quite frankly . |
| 8 | I shall build a great fire , and lie down on it to die . |
| 9 | And that will be chucked into the building society so that I can , when I get my Marks and Spencers debt come through , I can pay a great wodge off . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've found I can discover a great deal more by simply walking in , ’ he returned grimly . |
| 11 | Among other things there is no sign of any late qualms about his reliance on the Apollo-Dionysus formula : as he had remarked to Rohde a few months earlier , " I really believe I can get a great deal out of the polarity . " |
| 12 | In historical writing you may need a great deal of factual information to support your argument or opinion . |
| 13 | To till properly , you must know a great deal about every bit of your land — you will find variations between different parts of even one small field — soil texture , structure , acidity , drainage , and history must all be considered ; as must the significance of the life within the soil and its relationship to fertility . |
| 14 | ‘ You work all over the place , and you must spend a great deal of time away from home . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You must have a great father then . |
| 16 | You must have a great deal to talk about . ’ |
| 17 | So instead of immediately looking for the weakness in a woman , I will look for the strength and I will discount the fact that she might have a great body or be simply beautiful . |
| 18 | Stroll into town and you 'll find a great choice of restaurants serving all types of food from traditional Greek and international food to typical English . |
| 19 | ( If you do you 'll find a great deal of information and illustration in common . ) |
| 20 | Send us your top tip , and if it 's the best of the batch , you 'll win a great prize ! |
| 21 | Send us your top tip , and if it 's the best of the batch , you 'll win a great prize ! |
| 22 | Buy the full package and you 'll get a great discount booklet which will save you £££ 's in resort . |
| 23 | Anyway , you 'll be out of there and you 'll get a great job and be able to do what you like . ’ |
| 24 | Coordination at its highest , when we develop it , we say we 've developed skills , and if you 've done that can you see you acquired skills in quite a lot of situations , and again that 's an area where you 'll get a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 25 | You 'll have a great day out — and remember that every penny raised will go to Birthright . |
| 26 | You 'll have a great deal to say to each other , wo n't you ? |
| 27 | Nevertheless , you 'll have a great deal to talk about within Congress and you 'll have a lot more time to do so . |
| 28 | ‘ One woman told me she used to have a great view from her window across a local park . |
| 29 | Well , at least one good thing would come out of this trip , she decided philosophically — she would know a great deal more about Denmark 's capital city by the time she returned to England . |
| 30 | ‘ In Berlin , where I come from , oh yes many years ago , before those foul Nazis besmirched the country , they would have said of you that you would make a great beauty , a grande dame sans merci . |