Example sentences of "[pron] had [vb pp] great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the Arabs , Saudi Arabia , which had invested great prestige in the plan , has suffered the biggest setback . |
| 2 | Among the Arabs , Saudi Arabia , which had invested great prestige in the plan , has suffered the biggest setback . |
| 3 | It was an unsubtle and false logic , but one which was effective when presented without alternatives to a populace which had endured great hardship for a prolonged period . |
| 4 | Thus , in May 1988 , one of the highest turn-outs of Lords this century saw the Government home on the introduction of a flat-rate poll tax , a measure which had caused great concern amongst regular attendants . |
| 5 | Defending , David Allan , said the crash was something his client regretted and which had caused great distress to both sides . |
| 6 | She had made great capital out of a fortnight 's bus tour to Lake Garda . |
| 7 | As for Annie Murphy , whose life the Irish papers say has been threatened , if she returns , Mr Hudson felt she had showed great courage . |
| 8 | She also wanted to put an end to any sexual intercourse with her husband , though formerly both he and she had had great enjoyment from it . |
| 9 | She was never to equal her first novel , That Lass o' Lowrie 's ( 1877 ) , a robust account of a Lancashire mining community in which she had taken great care with background and dialect , though Through One Administration ( 1883 ) , a study of a failed marriage against a turbulent background of Washington political life , was noteworthy , and the much shorter The Making of a Marchioness ( 1901 ) is a indictment of Edwardian society . |
| 10 | Poise was going to be the order of the day — poise and sophistication ; she had taken great care to look the part , now all she had to do was feel that way too . |
| 11 | Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man . |
| 12 | Despite the market uncertainties and many other problems there were a number who had made great strides and it seemed that many would succeed . |
| 13 | Mystical writings were much less favoured than hagiographies about famous prelates or nuns who had done great deeds . |
| 14 | ‘ Naga ’ means ‘ wise serpent ’ , the title given long ago to those who had acquired great wisdom . |
| 15 | We had experienced great difficulty in procuring bearers and mules , since a small war was raging in valleys and hills . |
| 16 | ‘ When we visited the Ukraine , we had had great difficulty in explaining what a piper looks and sounds like , ’ said Peter . |
| 17 | In Opposition we had had great fun pursuing Bill Rodgers on the standard of the baked beans and the quality of the fried cod . |
| 18 | At breakfast together Fisher exploded and attacked the Church Union and all that it stood for and said that they had done great harm and ought to apologize . |
| 19 | When Henry VIII dismissed three of these gentlemen and various other household officials in 1519 , the Venetian ambassador commented that they had had great authority and had been the ‘ very soul ’ of the King . |
| 20 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 21 | It had given great anxiety to him and his collagues on the bench . |
| 22 | It had given great anxiety to him and his collagues on the bench . |
| 23 | Already it had made great play of how it had saved certain famous churches from its own bulldozers by moving them out of the path of destruction . |
| 24 | He had achieved great things for God but he knew that he could not claim the credit . |
| 25 | He had taken great pains to make it attractive ; green candles in crystal holders stood waiting to be lit and in the centre was a bowl of white miniature roses , their heads like pale ghosts against the polished wood . |
| 26 | He understood what she meant about Slorne because as the days and weeks had grown into months he had found great comfort in her strange and silent presence . |
| 27 | He had conferred great material benefits , providing Bibles and building great basilicas such as St John Lateran and St Peter 's at Rome , the church of the Resurrection ( later called the Holy Sepulchre ) at Jerusalem , and that of the Nativity at Bethlehem . |
| 28 | Emily felt a momentary sense of panic , she had no means of supporting herself , her father 's business was in ruins , he had left great debts that she could not meet . |