Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] have a great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This was Tom Chalmers , who had already had a great influence on the development of broadcasting in Nigeria and was later also to have a major impact on the development of radio in Malawi , Zambia , Botswana , Lesotho and Swaziland .
2 Hawksmoor , who had already had a great deal of experience as an architect , was brought in as clerk of works and it is quite likely that the design was by both men .
3 One woman , who took up a new career in midlife , described how her mother , who had always had a great appetite for life , now seemed.to live through her .
4 Her father had always had a great deal of time for the Sally Ann .
5 His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family .
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