Example sentences of "they had [verb] [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And they had suffered a great loss when John Crabb , their notable leader , had been captured by the English on his return from his ill-fated venture to the Tay and Perth in support of Mar .
2 It grieved me to see how they had stripped the great Rhododendron and the lesser Kalmias . ’
3 They had drunk a great deal and the night was warm , but on a sudden they were both stone-cold sober .
4 … it was very odd that they got the money in the first place … however they had thought a great deal and had a viable project … and may be a certain amount of guilt .
5 During the ride to Pesth they had talked a great deal .
6 According to him they had brought a great deal of food with them and despite the loss of Crane 's saddlebags and wallet there seemed to be no shortage of provisions .
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