Example sentences of "and it be a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's is the erm the real world often is very vague , and it 's a great mistake to be clear about it , but on the other hand it means something . |
| 2 | And it 's a great way for Silvia and your brother to pay me back for trying to interfere in their sordid little love-affair . |
| 3 | ‘ I know all about the TV show and it 's a great idea , so I 'm very , very happy about that . |
| 4 | And it 's a great excuse to play all my country licks without having to apologise for it ! |
| 5 | ‘ And it 's a great pity that revue died — and virtually died with us . ’ |
| 6 | He sailed the river since being a boy , and it 's a great privilege to be back in his home port . |
| 7 | Sometimes the guests meet up while they 're having their make-up done and it 's a great ice-breaker , sitting there together with your hair scraped back and having your face powdered . |
| 8 | There are some impressive special effects and it 's a great story . |
| 9 | Everyone has their own and it 's a great shame if they never get a chance to ask them . ’ |
| 10 | the expert sailers say its not a beginners ' boat but will give an exciting performance … they think it will be a good test of skill … and it 's a great boat to sail … it 's fantastic … just the craft to be in |
| 11 | But that picture — and it 's a great picture , not too hairy — is of Dad , is n't it ? |
| 12 | It 's a it 's a grea it 's a great play , I 've seen it performed by other people and it 's a great evening . |
| 13 | You hear the old Delta players with their metal slides and it 's a great sound — I can totally go for that . |
| 14 | There is no better way of establishing the sea than by being lunged and it is a great pity that beginner riders are so frequently taught by the most junior members of staff . |
| 15 | This by-law has never been repealed and it is a great pity that it is not still rigidly enforced . |
| 16 | Contrary to some reports , Test cricket is still flourishing in India and it is a great pity that this is not a five-Test series instead of three . |
| 17 | The eye is the most tell-tale detail of any animal shape and it is a great advantage to be able to obscure it from view . |
| 18 | He looks , sounds and acts youthful , and it is a great shame when someone like him decides to retire absurdly early . |
| 19 | ‘ It is part of the history of the club and it is a great shame the present directors got rid of it . |
| 20 | Wildlife is abundant in fish , ducks and water hens , and it is a great joy in springtime to see mother ducks bring their families down the steep church embankment , across the road and onto the pond . |
| 21 | But I know they are there , along with my sister Danielle and brother Brendan , and it is a great source of strength for me . |
| 22 | Very few Branch collecting sheets appear without the names of many cadets , and it is a great encouragement to know that so many are prepared to give up so much of their time to help the Association . |
| 23 | He was both courageous and physically attractive , but deranged , and it was a great relief even to his associates when he left Scotland to die a pauper in Naples . |
| 24 | In 1979 we held the United Kingdom 's first showbiz-style election rally for Mrs Thatcher , and it was a great success . |
| 25 | Will wrote his play Richard III for Richard Burbage , and it was a great success . |
| 26 | In the 1980s , we had a Japanese Tea Ceremony in the Elmwood Hall and it was a great success . |
| 27 | Jockey Mick Dittman said : ‘ I was n't happy with his action , but he stretched out really well to the finish and it was a great performance by him . ’ |
| 28 | There was a Dylan Thomas in Hopper , not just in his abilities but in his self-destruct mechanism and it was a great pity in many ways that he spent so many years in James Dean 's gloomy black shadow , because he is talented and perhaps even more diverse . |
| 29 | These mothers and children are very special people and it was a great pleasure to be involved with the pilgrimage . |
| 30 | The new experience everyone enjoyed was eating bananas and it was a great disappointment when the supply stopped short at the beginning of the war . |