Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [vb past] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lutyens was brought up at Thursley in Surrey and developed a great love for that county 's local styles and materials , although he also built in the grandest of manners . |
| 2 | She liked St Etheldreda , who was a Virgin Queen , although she was twice married — she became Abbess of Ely and founded a great House , and was buried in the odour of sanctity — ’ |
| 3 | Then we , the half-mortals , withdrew to Andernesse and built a great spell-wall around us , to prevent the powers of the dark from entering . |
| 4 | November and received a great welcome so that he was able to advance towards London unopposed as any support for James II faded away . |
| 5 | Soon this mood of despair evaporated under the influence of serene letters from Helen , who flourished among the intimate circle of artistic Bohemian young people — including the poet Charles Dalmon and the actor Franklin Dyall — who lived in Hammersmith and spent a great deal of time at Mrs Logan 's large house which had been furnished and decorated in William Morris style . |
| 6 | Charles Dickens was born in 1812 at Portsmouth and became a great success and was established as a very popular novelist , when his first novel , ‘ The Pickwick Papers ’ , was published as a book in 1837 . |
| 7 | The event was organised by Kate Arklay and Diane Bennett and attracted a great response from both knitters local to the area as well as those from further afield . |
| 8 | On leaving she joined the Repertory Company at Worthing and played a great deal on the repertory circuit . |