Example sentences of "be making a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I do n't think they 're doing a great er I do n't think they 're making a great deal of money out of it themselves . |
| 2 | Yeah , well they 're making a big deal out of it are n't they ? |
| 3 | Mr Paul might be making a great deal of money and becoming famous , and she 'd heard they had asked him to accept an honorary doctorate , whatever good that might do . |
| 4 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
| 5 | Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money . |