Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] was the great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , she dreamed she was the Great Crocodile in the Moon . |
| 2 | He also had a copy of Gauguin 's Avant et Après which recounted the episode in the Yellow House from Gauguin 's point of view , patronising , complacent in its nervousness , making sure the world knew who was the great painter , the great influence , the major man . |
| 3 | I thought it was the greatest adventure of our age . |
| 4 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |
| 5 | One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children . |
| 6 | The book emerged on Monday , on Wednesday was broadcast as a play , on Thursday Daniel George ( Dan , Dan , the literary man , John calls him ) spoke on the wireless and said she was the greatest writer of her day , and on Sunday morning the book was discussed by a querulous little bunch called ‘ The Critics ’ , who seem to be part of the Establishment , and on Sunday afternoon , lo and behold , the television ( commercial ) went into Braemar Mansions itself , where she was interviewed by Alan Pryce-Jones [ then Editor of The Times Literary Supplement ] … . |
| 7 | Another , a veteran who 's been sorting out homesick Latins for years , said it was the greatest treat , once in a while , to get them to cook something just-a like-a Mama used to make . |