Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was the great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then , she dreamed she was the Great Crocodile in the Moon .
2 I thought it was the greatest adventure of our age .
3 They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’
4 One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children .
5 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 ] … .
6 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 .
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