Example sentences of "[pron] had great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , habit was to help me to find Aunt Louise with the assurance of a homing pigeon ; now , hesitant of asking the way ( being unable to read on the faces of those I encountered whether they were patients or helpers ) , I had great difficulty in finding the right building ; and then — up ill-lit stone staircases and along corridors — in finding the ward to which I had been directed . |
| 2 | Although I was hungry , I had great difficulty in digesting and so my nights were bad . |
| 3 | When I left the army a couple of years ago , I had great difficulty coming to terms with my change in status . |
| 4 | ‘ I had great difficulty coming to terms with it and adjusting to the problem . |
| 5 | I found coming into Suffolk from Hertfordshire I had n't heard the , any East Anglian dialect before at all erm I did n't find it difficult , there were only two cases and I can remember thinking there were two people er , one of whom is still alive , er who I had great difficulty in understanding and I thought when I can follow both of them without any difficulty I shall know I really belong . |
| 6 | And I I think I had great admiration for the er in particular for the the woman who was the erm president of the tenants association . |
| 7 | I had great pleasure in seeing that extension and I would be surprised if the hon. Gentleman had not visited it and was not looking forward to its opening . |
| 8 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 9 | I had great hopes for him , and for the school under his leadership . |
| 10 | I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
| 11 | Nobody had greater faith in the qualities of Alex James than Alex James himself — not even Herbert Chapman , and that is saying something . ’ |
| 12 | April 1923 , which had greater significance than was realised then — the Duke of York married lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon , who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth — now the Queen Mother . |
| 13 | Each dance followed particular rules laid down by the dancing masters , and this idea continued to prevail even after Gluck began to compose operas and ballets which had greater continuity . |
| 14 | ‘ After I became involved we came up with denim products , which had great success for ladies ’ fashions . |
| 15 | In an era which had great batsmen like Bradman , Hammond , Ponsford , Duleep and McCabe , Stewie would have ranked with the best . ’ |
| 16 | In Spain the Archive of the Indies , which had great importance for some aspects of foreign policy , was set up in Seville in 1781 . |
| 17 | At the end of the second century , Montanism was a Spirit-centred movement which had great strengths but fell into terrible error because it lost sight of Jesus as the controlling factor in spirituality . |
| 18 | She had great qualities , Mum , of charm and kindness and general decency , but would anyone ever appreciate them and not hurt her ? |
| 19 | Shortly before he died , Mary had noticed that she had great difficulty swallowing food , had gone to her doctor and he had organized X-rays and tests at the local hospital . |
| 20 | In her room Sally eventually managed to get out of her dress though her hands were trembling so much she had great difficulty with the zipper . |
| 21 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 22 | As a foreigner she had great difficulty getting admitted there as an apprentice , but eventually succeeded with assistance from the Duke of Orleans . |
| 23 | It took a minute to dawn and then she had great difficulty in not laughing . |
| 24 | She had great difficulty getting herself accepted on a government-sponsored TOPS course because she was considered over-qualified . |
| 25 | So she had great fun making them . |
| 26 | and she had great fun , we |
| 27 | She had great misgivings . |
| 28 | She knew that , as long as she applied it with care , she had great power over Bernard . |
| 29 | Jo loathed her blobby nose , her receding chin , her long body , her short legs , her droopy ass , her fat thighs , her white skin that absolutely refused to tan and her brown hair which frizzed and which her mother would n't even let her frost ; she accepted that she would never look like Faye Dunaway , never be a Prom Queen and that most of her body was a total disaster area , but she knew with absolute certainty that she had great tits . |
| 30 | The thought did not daunt her , but she had great need of a moment of silence , to take breath and consider how much she dared tell . |