Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 2 | I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’ |
| 3 | By doing so I hope to provide a great example for others to follow and to leave my name and footprints in the history of my school . |
| 4 | I happen to have a great deal on my mind at the moment . |
| 5 | It erm I suppose released a great deal of pressure that seemed to have been building up . |
| 6 | On the other hand I do favour a greater amount of ‘ non-scientific ’ components — e.g. philosophy , history of science — which if taught well put the practical science into proper context . |
| 7 | I 'm 30 , and I would n't go rushing into anything unexpected but I do think a great deal about this . ’ |
| 8 | valium is not an accepted treatment for depression and that we have excellent anti-depressant drugs , particularly ones that have come just in recent years that are very effective for depression , and I think bringing a great deal of benefit to depressed people . |
| 9 | ‘ I am in covenant with other church leaders in Yorkshire and this , I think has a great significance — the way that we work together and the personal friendships that are growing between us . |
| 10 | I was down in the workshops and I 've run a great splinter into my thumb . ’ |
| 11 | What about it like this , see , I 've done all those hats , I 've done the , I 've gone a great hat I have |
| 12 | I 've gained a great deal of experience these psst two and a half years and I think I could manage a stud farm quite easily now . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've met a great number of very interesting people , ’ he murmurs . |
| 14 | I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’ |
| 15 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
| 16 | If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all . |
| 17 | So , though I had a bad time , well I had a , I 've had a great life since ! |
| 18 | Kylie told the magazine reporter : ‘ I 've had a great family life and have n't had the sort of problems she encountered . |
| 19 | Firstly , I 've had a great season with all my favourite teams ( Manchester United , Rangers and Linfield ) , winning their respective league titles . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've had a great time , ’ Ashley said , thanking Vitor when he brought the car to a halt . |
| 21 | I 've had a great deal of fun reviewing Animation Works Interactive , so much so that I 've been staying in the office well past my normal time just to play with it . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got a great idea . |
| 23 | Then after a year in Israel doing research on migrating birds of prey — ‘ I 've got a great story about that , mate . |
| 24 | They really must realise that time and time again being equivocal on defence when you 're on the left of centre means that voters somehow do n't vote for you , and I think they 've had to learn this lesson yet again and I only hope that by the er December elections in West Germany the Social Democratic Party who I 've got a great deal of er sympathy for on most social issues will be firm and clear about a united Germany not being neutral and within NATO . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it . |
| 26 | He created Apollo , which I have conducted a great deal . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I have lived a great deal in other centuries . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I have heard a great deal about Harvard — who has n't ? |
| 30 | Over nearly fifty years , I have developed a great affection for them . |