Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just making supper when that stupid eunuch came along making a great commotion . ’ |
| 2 | The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown . |
| 3 | She found Clelia 's company extraordinarily entertaining , and bracing only in so far as she liked to be braced : she could hardly follow a word , for instance , of the art references in her conversation , but Clelia managed somehow to combine a great air of erudition and abstruseness with a marked facility for making explanations , so that ignorance was no bar to amusement . |
| 4 | In reality , from the study of the videotapes made of the language performance of most of the 150 people who took part , the language level actually being achieved did not bear a great similarity to the BSL as used by deaf people . |
| 5 | Teller went to extreme lengths to rescue Part I , but in the words of Robert Oppenheimer , ‘ The programme we had in 1949 was a tortured thing that did not make a great deal of technical sense . |
| 6 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 7 | He did not make a great impact beyond his own office . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | Initially , philosophers interested in reference ( with some notable exceptions ) did not pay a great deal of attention to indexicals ( Bar-Hillel , 1970 : 76 ) ; then they began to treat them as very special kinds of expression requiring contextual co-ordinates or indices , as sketched above . |
| 10 | As it happens , my right hon. Friend the Chancellor devoted most of his speech to doing precisely that , but I did not detect a great deal of interest on the Opposition Benches in what he had to say . |
| 11 | It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity would generally suggest that in China contrasts with other places where the book did not receive a great deal of publicity . |
| 12 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 13 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 14 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 15 | However , it should be noted that additions to IBM files did not take a great deal longer than to ICL files , while random retrievals from IBM files were not markedly more rapid . |
| 16 | Eva , who felt she owed all she was , and had achieved , to her mother did not take a great deal of convincing . |
| 17 | Pest Control Division did not have a great start to 1991 . |
| 18 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 19 | Laura was greatly amused by Hockney but the pair did not have a great deal to say to one another . |
| 20 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 21 | But , they did not report a great variability in theintensity of nuclear staining . |
| 22 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Funnily enough , they did n't think a great deal of you ! ’ he snarled . |
| 24 | Hello John erm firstly I would sympathise with those that erm have been complaining about television programmes , although I erm did n't watch a great deal of television yesterday , I was listening to Radio Oxford actually , but erm from erm Ceefax I noticed that the Neighbours was broadcast twice . |
| 25 | ‘ She did n't do a great deal else , did she ? |
| 26 | They did n't cost a great deal , but they do look quite classy in a boozy sort of way . |
| 27 | It did n't make a great occasion for me , though I think the backstage tension did contribute something to the success of the production . |
| 28 | So it did n't make a great deal of difference really , you know , you you 'd still got er some jurisdiction over them even though they were the foreman like . |
| 29 | Wigan did n't build a great team overnight and neither will we . |
| 30 | He said to me on the phone he did n't know a great deal cos he was just getting it all together . |