Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having discovered for himself the great value of reading good books , he gave his writings to his people . |
| 2 | Monty , my former editor and himself a great friend of Caroline 's father , proposed the health of the Bride and Groom . |
| 3 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 4 | But by joining the ‘ Carry On ’ team he was not necessarily doing himself a great favour . |
| 5 | The lure of live music-making is , of course , irresistible : the sense of occasion , of which Karajan was himself a great provider , the throng of music-madded fans and aficionados , not to mention that bear-baiting element Glenn Gould was always so amusing about , as soloists are led out and put to their instruments before the attentive crowd . |
| 6 | She stayed in work until she was 29 walking out for five years with her fiance , an engineer 's blacksmith who was himself a great reader , while they saved up to marry . |
| 7 | Now Pound has interested himself a great deal in the order of the Templars , to which Pierre of Castillon belonged . |
| 8 | Mr Flood was silent and blessed himself a great deal when he heard the news . |
| 9 | The student who is confident in his library skills has a basis of trust upon which to build — and he will save himself a great deal of humiliation as well as precious time ( a commodity his teachers are themselves equally short of ) . |
| 10 | We got here just in the right season , and I assure you he has already shown himself a great enemy to the feathered tribe , having shot a great many beautiful birds and robbed various others of their nests and eggs . |
| 11 | The basic circuits used electronic valves , and the heat generated was itself a great problem . |
| 12 | Phoenician art was itself a great borrower — from Egyptian , neo-Hittite and Assyrian — and it is impossible to disentangle the particular influences , direct and indirect , on Greek artists at this time . |
| 13 | Mr Mellor is no soft touch , as those within the industry who had to negotiate with him quickly discovered , but he is accessible to reason , and that is itself a great advance on what had been experienced before . |
| 14 | Round about Grace herself the great river deposited little but mounds of plastic containers . |
| 15 | In fact , she had probably done herself a great favour as , had she continued to suppress the memory , she might have caused herself great emotional problems in the future . |
| 16 | Life in Ireland had rubbed some of the English corners down ; she had adapted very quickly to the relaxed way of living , and proved herself a great sport who loved a party and hunted like a demon . |
| 17 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |
| 18 | North , second in the table and also undefeated , have given themselves a great chance of pulling off a win which will close the gap at the top . |
| 19 | He believes that sheep farmers who think only about the pound in their pocket could be doing themselves a great disservice . |
| 20 | A lot of girls compromised themselves a great deal more than I did . ’ |