Example sentences of "[prep] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a great struggle , I frog-marched her into oilskins and over-trousers , fitted the outboard and set off up the loch , perspiring . |
| 2 | It was 35 minutes before the visitors threatened and it took a reflex save from Mark Morris to deny Graham Alexander after a great run and cross by Tony Daws . |
| 3 | After a great expansion of HP in the 1920s , particularly for cars and for electrical goods , and then various repossession problems which may have been highlighted by the depression of the thirties , the Hire-Purchase Act 1938 introduced various controls . |
| 4 | The great historical eruptions seem to fit this picture — global mean temperatures in the northern hemisphere ( taken as annual means ) show a significant dip in the year or two after a great eruption , like that of Krakatoa in 1883 , or , on a more modest scale , Agung in Bali in 1963 . |
| 5 | AFTER a great Formula VW race at Kirkistown this afternoon Damien Doherty emerged as the winner . |
| 6 | He said the deportations had been carried out only ‘ after a great deal of heart-searching ’ . |
| 7 | After a great deal of hunting around with flashlights , the plain-clothes policemen were forced to go away empty-handed . |
| 8 | But they all tightened their belts and after a great deal of grunting and squeezing and pulling and pushing they emerged , one by one , into the moonlit churchyard . |
| 9 | Early in the year , flooding of the road at the northern end of the village had been a grave problem , but after a great deal of pressure on the authorities , the matter had been successfully resolved . |
| 10 | From a slow start in the 1950s , and after a great deal of scepticism , as well as a great deal of research , triticale is now growing on more than half a million hectares , in the USSR , Europe , the United States and South America . |
| 11 | After a great deal of persuasion , a baby food manufacturer agreed to get a video , which shows transition from breast to bottle-feeding , signed and sub-titled . |
| 12 | Some pattern of what might be done needed to be worked out , and after a great deal of discussion and searching for funds , we transferred one of the men 's teacher training classes from Kemmendine to a Delta village . |
| 13 | It would be a tragedy for the aircraft preservation and restoration movement as a whole if it were all scrapped , and so it is with great sadness that after a great deal of thought they are agreed ( having been partners both in business and as husband and wife ) that the time has come to take life a bit easier and retire from the business . |
| 14 | When they meet one another , they gingerly caress each other 's long legs and only after a great deal of hesitation do they come to closer quarters . |
| 15 | in the top flat , they , they were rehoused in a flat in a block of mansion flats and when I came out of the army this was the accommodation I found available , er for me and I objected strongly and after a great deal of fuss erm the Islington Borough Council 's Housing Department found us rooms on the first floor in a Victoria Victorian villa in Penventon Gardens , which erm , were comfortable |
| 16 | That evening , after a great deal of worried thought , Seb confided in Tom Hanks . |
| 17 | He pointed out that , when new products come on the market , they are often treated as great blessings , and it is only after a great deal of experience and use that we learn of their dangers and downsides . |
| 18 | ‘ However after a great deal of consultation with the Historical Monuments Commission and Planning Department , we decided to use it to face the new church , harmonising the old with the new . |
| 19 | We continued on our way and reached Coldstream Priory just after dark , only being admitted within the convent walls after a great deal of shouting and argument . |
| 20 | The spokesman stressed : ‘ This decision was taken after a great deal of thought and heart-searching . |
| 21 | I arrived quite blind after a great number of cocktails at the George with Claud . |
| 22 | After a great number of generations , tortoises on the arid islands will have longer necks than those on the watered islands . |
| 23 | We have to make sure we do n't fall flat on our faces after a great win at West Brom . |
| 24 | They are based in the City of Middenheim , where they were founded following a great victory against Chaos outside the city walls . |
| 25 | Then news reached Europe in 1187 of a great battle fought at Hattin , close to the Sea of Galilee . |
| 26 | He tells me of a great battle his ancestors fought near Lake Victoria . |
| 27 | To walk the length of a great basilica from porch to apse was to make the journey of salvation and find oneself in ‘ a place of perfection , the heavenly Jerusalem , its walls and buildings made in heaven , transferred to this spot ’ . |
| 28 | If you are sitting behind a desk with a degree from Trinity and not an ounce of ‘ a Banker ’ to boast about it probably has all the hallmarks of a great idea . |
| 29 | ‘ So you 'd like to believe Steve is in the throes of a great romance with me ? ’ she forced out through her hurt . |
| 30 | The novelist should possess qualities that are similar to those of a great statesman . |