Example sentences of "had [verb] [verb] [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I never believed such stupidity could exist , " the Collector said to McNab , for whom he had come to entertain a great respect . |
| 2 | Moreover , the President believed that the time had come to use the great power of the USA not only to end the war but to ensure , through a place at the Peace Conference , that he could bring about a " just peace " . |
| 3 | Setting up so many colonies to give people a chance to practise religion in their own way had helped produce a great diversity among the English colonies . |
| 4 | Some of us remember the times of fixed exchange rates under the Bretton Woods system when we used to hear in the House details of public expenditure cuts , of how we had to let go a great deal of our reserves , and of high interest rates — all at once . |
| 5 | I was remembering what my father had told me about other conquering heroes who had tried to attack the great bear . |