Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some of these adults , aged from their twenties to forties , expert counselling on a one to one basis is helping them to go a great deal further . |
| 2 | A few of these difficult public-interest cases go , not to the disciplinary committee , but to the Joint Disciplinary Scheme : not more than about one or two a year , but each of them demanding a great investment of time and money . |
| 3 | I tried to convince him there must be jugs at the grade and he fell for it , allowing me to breathe a great sigh of relief . |
| 4 | After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down . |
| 5 | I think we have to be a little bit careful about this because , of course , erm the feeling is not that once they 've been in the job for a little while that they are still amateurs , it 's merely that we do n't require them to know a great deal about what they 're going to do before they start . |
| 6 | I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench . |
| 7 | I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’ |
| 8 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 9 | ‘ When I auditioned for him I made a great impression — or so I was told . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Oh indeed , I mean a great many of them we have no responsibility at all for , we merely give advice when requested . |
| 12 | From when I was very young , my father had nurtured a love of art in me ; I shared a great deal with him ( he took me nearly every Sunday to the Louvre ) and was close to him until his death . |
| 13 | I passed a great big pile of wood in a ditch yesterday afternoon |
| 14 | She thought yet again : I make a great fuss of nothing , and have not suffered at all . |
| 15 | ‘ But let me add , Liza and I got a great education . |
| 16 | I was doing some mental arithmetic , counting up what was in my wire basket , when I got a great dig in the backside . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's done well for himself , and as things have turned out , I got a great move to a club that are really flying at the moment . |
| 18 | ‘ I got a great reception but the club were always generous to me when I played and managed here . |
| 19 | I got a great response from BSK Limited , Machine Knitting Monthly , Angela Gordon , Marion Nelson and , of course , Ann Kite . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And I got a great big box of chocolates of him . |
| 22 | and I got a greater kinship because they 're a small group . |
| 23 | When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter . |
| 24 | This I found a great help . |
| 25 | Mum , ma I want a great hat mum |
| 26 | ‘ I sense a great team spirit , onshore and offshore , ’ he added . |
| 27 | Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports . |
| 28 | Basil was a very potent influence on me — I learnt a great deal from him about art and the teaching of art — indeed , more than from any other single person . |
| 29 | It was my first visit and I learnt a great deal from his experience . |
| 30 | ‘ But , strange as it may be to say about someone who was younger , I learnt a great deal from him . ’ |