Example sentences of "have [verb] a marvellous [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Soutine has painted a marvellous portrait . |
| 2 | Thanks for the bumper size of this newsletter must go to who has done a marvellous job at retaining our loyal advertising supporters and encouraged new people to start to advertise with us . |
| 3 | Over the years he has done a marvellous job enthusiastically promoting the theatre and bringing world-class productions to local audiences in spite of the difficulties posed by the Troubles . |
| 4 | But over the years , because of the dictates of bank balance and burgeoning family , we have spent much of our time exploring Scotland ; and our love of game fishing has provided a marvellous excuse for tramping moor and mountain in seach of peace , seclusion , and a few wild brown trout . |
| 5 | The artist has created a marvellous pattern out of the limbs of beasts and men superposed in parallel planes stepped back to the ground and punctuated by the frontal heads of the near oxen ; a sophisticated and brilliantly successful design . |
| 6 | He 'd got a marvellous set of teeth . ’ |
| 7 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |
| 8 | She studied law , was called to the Bar in 1974 , and — falling within the top 5 per cent of all people who have ever been psychometrically tested for verbal critical reasoning skills — would have made a marvellous lawyer . |
| 9 | Coffin thought she would have made a marvellous soldier . |
| 10 | With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day . |
| 11 | In August Eileen wrote to Maureen that she had met a marvellous man . |
| 12 | Not one drop of paint hit the wall he was supposed to be painting , but it had done a marvellous job of covering the path and half a garage door . |
| 13 | We do n't have any factories or co-ops here in Alcala , but we 've got a marvellous football field . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've got a marvellous alibi — did you know that ? |
| 15 | ‘ I 've had a marvellous life and enjoyed every minute of it , but it 's over and now I want to move on . ’ |
| 16 | Oh I think we 've had a marvellous winter |
| 17 | We 've had a marvellous year . |
| 18 | Well they 've had a marvellous sort of conversion of that done |
| 19 | ‘ We 've had a marvellous time , ’ they beam , ‘ really marvellous . ’ |
| 20 | All the talk after the game is about Gascoigne , but he really had had a marvellous match had n't he ? |
| 21 | ‘ You have done a marvellous job , ’ judge Mr Justice Otton told them . |
| 22 | ‘ You have done a marvellous job , ’ judge Mr Justice Otton told them . |
| 23 | ‘ The students have done a marvellous job for us . |
| 24 | We have had a marvellous season with thankfully no major accidents and also the best of racing , particularly at the Ulster Grand Prix and the Tandragee 100 , so perhaps we can be forgiven for forgetting that racing needs not only the top line competitors like Joey Dunlop and Brian Reid it needs the newcomers to help the sport thrive and we are just not getting enough of them . |
| 25 | After two months of solid work and more than a little imagination , John and Jenny have created a marvellous centrepiece for their home . |
| 26 | Today we have lost a marvellous opportunity put that right . |