Example sentences of "[pers pn] had great [noun sg] " 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 also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As a foreigner she had great difficulty getting admitted there as an apprentice , but eventually succeeded with assistance from the Duke of Orleans . |
| 14 | It took a minute to dawn and then she had great difficulty in not laughing . |
| 15 | She had great difficulty getting herself accepted on a government-sponsored TOPS course because she was considered over-qualified . |
| 16 | So she had great fun making them . |
| 17 | and she had great fun , we |
| 18 | She knew that , as long as she applied it with care , she had great power over Bernard . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
| 21 | She had great wisdom . |
| 22 | You knew the seas were hitting the tower but you you had great faith in the stability of the tower . |
| 23 | There was something about cutter work — glamour , adventure , battling the elements , or just plain escapism — call it what you will , but once you had experienced it you had great difficulty in settling down to the more prosaic existence ashore . |
| 24 | The car broke down , we had great difficulty in collecting the Christmas trees from Jackson 's farm and Ted got into a quite a suicidal mood . |
| 25 | I am sure my hon. Friend well remembers the Committee stage of the Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 when we had great difficulty in discussing the measure properly because the Department would not release the necessary information . |
| 26 | We had great difficulty getting information on the atomic energy privatisation measure . |
| 27 | For the first week , and even later , we had great difficulty in remembering their names , since their names , as well as their faces seemed so alike : for example , we have a number of Li 's , Chu 's , Chang 's and Huang 's ; and even the occasional odd name , like Fang and Kuo , is not particularly helpful . |
| 28 | We had great fun going round seeing everybody and building up the bidding . ’ |
| 29 | In spite of being a reservoir , Carsfad provided excellent sport and we had great fun ; as long as I steered well clear of the dam . |
| 30 | Yeah , would you , but a couple of years because John was busy he bought us all tokens , erm , he bought the others tokens from Woolworths and me token from a body shop and we all , and I we had great fun looking and seeing what we wanted to buy with , with the book tokens , er , maybe , maybe I mention it providing we ca n't find anything . |