Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very height of the paroxysm , he made a movement with his knee which caused him to give a great cry which she , lost in the abandon of the moment , construed as passion , but was in fact a loud , animal yelp of pain . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the pilot of Beyond Our Ken was listened to by the BBC mandarins , who decided they liked a great deal about it and decreed it would definitely become a radio series . |
| 3 | A little round hill , a sort of headland , thrust itself out into the estuary slightly to her right , and beyond it , she thought she saw a great bay , a giant bite out of the smooth slope of grassy shore . |
| 4 | She felt him heave a great sigh , and when she looked up saw tears running freely down his cheeks . |
| 5 | Seafarers who landed there thought they saw a great chain of mountains and heard the roaring of lions from them . |
| 6 | As my son had won one , this meant he suffered a great deal of embarrassment . |
| 7 | On the night he died he held a great banquet , a feast for his household , and invited Chief Justice Fortescue . |
| 8 | You know , Nicholas , that whatever miseries the Great War brought it destroyed a great deal that was unhealthy between the sexes . |
| 9 | I said I thought a great deal of time was taken up with Committees . |
| 10 | And J. D. O'Connor liked my articles — he said they created a great deal of excitement and interest ; I wrote under the name of Vesta . |
| 11 | After the changes were announced at Feethams late yesterday , Hankin said he owed a great debt to Gray . |
| 12 | The Rev Anthony Freeman said he felt a great sense of relief when he admitted to himself he did not hold to the traditional view of God . |