Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is a mixed community and everyone takes a great pride in the village . |
| 2 | When we arrived I was introduced to the medium , Helen , a quite ordinary , sandy-haired woman in her mid-thirties , and the rest of the group , Dora and Leo and Katy and Humphrey , and everyone made a great fuss of me . |
| 3 | They get top coaching and everyone has a great time . ’ |
| 4 | and I got a greater kinship because they 're a small group . |
| 5 | ‘ But let me add , Liza and I got a great education . |
| 6 | When I first went in for forensic medicine he used me a lot and I got a great deal of experience I would n't otherwise have had because he was never too proud to ask for a specialist opinion . |
| 7 | And I mean a great thrill he was to us , he cried come here and see this and here was among all his little moles , he had a white one a pure white mole . |
| 8 | Bill and I had a great deal in common . |
| 9 | It was my first visit and I learnt a great deal from his experience . |
| 10 | As my transsexual obsession deepened I was prone to bouts of morbid depression and I spent a great deal of time thinking about suicide ; suicide was almost a twin obsession at times . |
| 11 | Eddie Thorning and I saw a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor , and make money by gaining competitive advantage through an oil-and-parts offer to workshops and petrol stations . ’ |
| 12 | Let me leave you there for the moment with my views of high morale as I saw it , and I saw a great deal of it during my constant circuit within the Command . |
| 13 | ‘ My lady , the prince and I share a great fondness … ’ |
| 14 | But I think Lorna and I have a great rapport so we 'll pull it off . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Lovejoy is fun and I have a great time doing it . ’ |
| 16 | " You 'll forgive my rudeness , but I an naturally concerned for your welfare , not only because Tom Rooney requested it — and I have a great respect for Tom . |
| 17 | Suddenly I was full of hope again , and I gave a great shout of happiness . |
| 18 | The very ubiquity of the mass media removes media as a whole system from the scope of positivist social analysis ; for how may we ‘ measure ’ the ‘ impact ’ of a social force which is omnipresent within social life and which has a great deal to do with constituting it ? |
| 19 | Your orders are clear and sensible and without arrogance , and you have a great enthusiasm for everything you do . ’ |
| 20 | You feel protected and at rest and you have a great desire for solitude . |
| 21 | There is a higher risk that your baby will be underweight at birth and you run a greater risk of complications when your baby is born . |
| 22 | There is a higher risk that your baby will be underweight at birth and you run a greater risk of complications when your baby is born . |
| 23 | And you see a great lot of the people stayed locally Well they had their wives up . |
| 24 | Such a council would benefit social work like nothing else : it is important that the public ( and the press ) knows there is regulatory control over a group of people who ( quite rightly ) hold substantial powers over some groups and who have a great influence over others . |
| 25 | The sea answered her voice , and she saw a great heave of water rise and fling itself over the dunes . |
| 26 | The slight movements from the recovery cage brought her back to the present and she felt a great sense of relief as she watched the gradual return to consciousness of her patient . |
| 27 | There was authority in his voice and she felt a great surge of relief , as if he were plucking at her pain and releasing it . |
| 28 | ’ She 's animated and she had a great look in her eyes ’ . |
| 29 | but Pam was a wonderful hostess , and she had a great secret : she exuded love without noticing it . |
| 30 | Jill Duffy is certainly highly involved with the state of her home and she does a great deal of housework that many other people would consider unnecessary . |