Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a great [noun] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have heard a great deal about Harvard — who has n't ? |
| 2 | We have heard a great deal about the upheavals in Eastern Europe in recent months . |
| 3 | We have heard a great deal about the assistance that will be given to buy-outs . |
| 4 | Various pundits and committees have made a great mystery about gluing . |
| 5 | It is all guesswork , but we can not help thinking about it , and I have thought a great deal about it . |
| 6 | Foucault , and those influenced by him , have displayed a great scepticism about the possibilities of a conventional history : Foucault stresses that his work is basically aimed at constructing a ‘ genealogy ’ , the locating of the ‘ traces ’ of the present rather than reconstructing the past . |
| 7 | During this period I have learnt a great deal about what children like [ and dislike ] at parties and have gathered together a selection of games , songs and magic tricks which I can guarantee will make any party a day to remember , for both children and adults . |
| 8 | Archaeologists have learnt a great deal about man 's evolution by digging up and analysing our historic waste , but if mishandled today 's rubbish could be tomorrow 's pollutant . |