Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a great [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end I had a great admiration for Emil , Oliver and Cathy , who had neatly served and cleared three full courses with the floor swaying beneath their feet and who normally would have taken my few jobs also in their stride . |
| 2 | At the same time , I had a great admiration for Jesus . |
| 3 | I had a great respect for him . |
| 4 | I 've a great memory for faces , great . |
| 5 | I 've a great admiration for you , you know Ellie , a great admiration . |
| 6 | I have a great admiration for Mr. Duncan McNeill , and also a great approbation for the concept of trust status for hospitals . |
| 7 | I have a great affection for them . ’ |
| 8 | I have a great weakness for fresh herbs and love the scent of basil and tarragon . |
| 9 | Er I have a great sympathy for for that lady . |
| 10 | I have a great thankfulness for having known him and worked with him and learnt so much from him , and somehow I feel we 'll always have him with us in his paintings and the West Riding countryside and schools . |
| 11 | ‘ I have a great regard for the girl , Barney , ’ he said . |
| 12 | " You 'll forgive my rudeness , but I an naturally concerned for your welfare , not only because Tom Rooney requested it — and I have a great respect for Tom . |
| 13 | ‘ I have a great respect for female intuition , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I have a great respect for the floating voter and I am confident he will see which side his bread is buttered when he casts his vote this time . |
| 15 | Merely , I have a great kindness for fitzAlan and would see him happily … |
| 16 | I have a great deal for which to thank her . |
| 17 | She had a great love for her children and we all loved her intensely . " |
| 18 | ‘ She had a great zest for life.I loved her dearly , ’ says Alfred . |
| 19 | And yet , much as she enjoyed her career and would not want to give it up permanently , she had a great desire for a strong , loving relationship and wanted to have children of her own — something she would never be able to do if her present feelings persisted . |
| 20 | Your orders are clear and sensible and without arrogance , and you have a great enthusiasm for everything you do . ’ |
| 21 | You feel protected and at rest and you have a great desire for solitude . |
| 22 | We are trying to find some kind of intellectual humanisation which will respect market economic principles , but we have a great distaste for the social Darwinism of Milton Friedman . |
| 23 | As professional soldiers they had a great reputation for ruthlessness both in battle and in ravaging the countryside . |
| 24 | They had a great passion for women , a great passion for each other , a great passion for music and trains . |
| 25 | Normally , Mr Rigby says , he has a great admiration for predators but only of the kind that need to be conserved . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , ’ Ellen said , ‘ I am very fond of my husband , in spite of my western ways , and I know he has a great respect for you , Nerina ; and is thrilled about your publishing contract , and any betrayal of confidence has been totally inadvertent . |
| 27 | Aluminium likes silicon : it has a greater affinity for inorganic silicate than for anything else . |
| 28 | He had a great capacity for friendship , though his demands upon it were sometimes heavy . |
| 29 | His specialities were country houses , churches and vicarages , and he had a great love for bricks , which he used brilliantly and ingeniously . |
| 30 | He had a great respect for his rival , but its letters simply cheered him up . |