Example sentences of "they have [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As early as 1707 Hugh , first Earl of Cholmondeley [ q.v. ] , was advised by a surveyor in London that the Smiths did a ‘ great deal of busness in the Contry and they have done a great deal of work thearabout & in Warwick you may easy hear of them ’ ; and when in the 1730s Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough [ q.v. ] , was building a house as far away as Wimbledon , Surrey , she stipulated that ‘ Mr. Smith of Warwickshire the Builder may be employed to make Contracts and to Measure the Work and to doe every thing in his Way that is necessary to Compleat the Work as far as the Distance he is at will give him leave to do . ’ |
| 2 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 3 | Disabled people find that they have to put a great deal of effort into making various authorities meet their ordinary everyday needs . |
| 4 | But some in-laws do manage to get along remarkably well together , even when they have to spend a great deal of time in each other 's company . |
| 5 | Since they moved to Orkney in 1984 , they have invested a great deal in the farm , and work very hard at all hours . |