Example sentences of "you have [vb pp] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 2 | Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this |
| 3 | You 've uncovered a great story — a great story . ’ |
| 4 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 've endured a great deal , especially yesterday . ’ |
| 6 | Young looked at Burton on the set and said to the make-up man , ‘ You 've done a great job . ’ |
| 7 | You 've done a great job on the interiors . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I think you 've done a great job here . |
| 9 | You 've played a great game . ’ |
| 10 | You 've had a great experience , right ? |
| 11 | Lucy , resisting the temptation to blow at her fringe , said , ‘ You sound like you 've had a great life . ’ |
| 12 | Ok , so you 've had a great Christmas , but if your New Year 's resolution is to get back into shape then you 'd better check out Kathy Smith 's new Workout videos . |
| 13 | And we 're very grateful , you 've brought rural interest , you 've brought much wider interest , and you 've brought a great deal of warmth and compassion and interest and time , what more could we say , but to show a token of our appreciation and give you a few flowers to go with that . |
| 14 | wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing |
| 15 | The trouble is , in the middle you 've got a great gulf of lack of information , and predicting in those |
| 16 | You 've got a great body ; it 's a crime not to use it . ’ |
| 17 | I know you 've got a great future ahead of you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They 've just said you 've got a great backside — and from a West Indian that 's the highest compliment you can have . ’ |
| 19 | a lovely course for re reflexology and one day , I went to Shambrook College and he said to me you 've got , you 've got a great feeling with your hands he said , you , you , you 'd make a good reflexology , but the courses were in Luton |
| 20 | ‘ You 've changed a great deal , Angharad , ’ he said , ‘ you were just a little girl when I finished my apprenticeship and now look at you . ’ |
| 21 | " You 've learned a great deal from Sister Anne and I see in you the quality which is needed at Yelton . |
| 22 | And since then you 've worked a great deal together ? |
| 23 | You see , Mr McKillop , although I 'm reasonably happy to accept you as Elsie 's brother and I appreciate that you 've put a great deal of work into tracking her down , I 'm bound to say that I respect Elsie 's wishes to start life afresh and leave her old life behind . |
| 24 | He had always found that once you knew where you were wrong , then you had taken a great step towards being right . |
| 25 | At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal . |
| 26 | If you do this you have lost a great deal of value in the notes . |
| 27 | Your recordings of Strauss 's orchestral works have become something of a legend , including works like the Sinfonia Domestica and the Alpine Symphony , which you have done a great deal to rehabilitate in public esteem . |
| 28 | You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values . |