Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a good deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 2 | I had the opportunity to visit the north-west on Monday , where I found a good deal of buoyancy and confidence in the future of the north-west and of the country as a whole . |
| 3 | I learnt a good deal from him . |
| 4 | I received a good deal from Northants , including a testimonial after just five years . |
| 5 | ‘ I suspect a good deal , but by the time I 've tracked Garry down you 'll be an open book . |
| 6 | I covered a good deal of ground rapidly but not running and caught up with the shapely backview of a dark-haired girl . |
| 7 | ‘ As expected in such a long-established market noted for its love of Queen 's Ware , I examined a good deal of cream coloured earthenware of 19th and early 20th century origin , ’ said Lynn . |
| 8 | Because I meant a good deal , as a matter of fact . |
| 9 | But I dreamed a good deal . ’ |
| 10 | I learned a good deal about the role of food and drink as a socio-economic indicator . |
| 11 | Losing Betty Boo and getting The Sultans Of Ping FC is not what I call a good deal . |
| 12 | Well this one of mine , I had a good deal with this one . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman referred to another issue in which I take a good deal of interest — women and work . |
| 14 | ‘ I need a good deal less . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I have a good deal of experience in staff relations , ’ he said . |
| 16 | On one occasion he kicked at a fence which was enclosing a footpath , saying ' I have no respect for the Whigs , but I have a good deal of the Chartist in me' . |
| 17 | I could n't get hold of Desmond Ingard , then I remembered Andrew Stavanger , whom , I must say , I trusted a good deal more . |
| 18 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 19 | The popular saying that ‘ Finding is keeping ’ is a dangerous half-truth , which needs a good deal of expansion and qualification to make it square with the law . |
| 20 | Studies have indicated that the weight conscious , brainwashed by years of ‘ cut out those carbohydrates ’ advice , tend to avoid the bread and potatoes which supply a good deal of the fibre in most people 's diets . |
| 21 | Another variant of utilitarianism which commanded a good deal of support in fairly recent times was rule as opposed to act utilitarianism . |
| 22 | Another important case , which reveals a good deal about the workings of the legislation , is R v Hampshire County Council ex parte J . |
| 23 | I found parental " insignificance " a family situation which figured a good deal more often than might be expected from mere chance in the history of dependent individuals . |
| 24 | ‘ This is a matter which requires a good deal of research into the over-all implications of introducing free collection of refuse . |
| 25 | And this is a matter which requires a good deal of research into the overall implications of introducing free collection of refuse , ’ she explained . |
| 26 | As long ago as the late nineteenth century Ravenstein ( 1885 ) had formulated seven general laws of migration which placed a good deal of emphasis on rural depopulation . |
| 27 | Staveley Works station was built over the Chesterfield Canal , and served Hollingwood and the Stanton & Staveley works which generated a good deal of freight traffic . |
| 28 | Being involved in a job which necessitates a good deal of physical activity ( housework , unfortunately , does not rate high in this way , in these days of mod. cons. ) , or taking part in a good deal of sport or walking ( that ten-minute daily dozen does n't really rate here , either ) . |
| 29 | Someone must be doing their housekeeping rather better at those hospitals , especially when one thinks of the help the Memorial Hospital gets from the WRVS and the Friends of the Hospital who raise a good deal of money and have done so for many years . |
| 30 | She got a better deal , to be fair , out of the Common Market , because she was so difficult . |