Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] in great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1917 they were ‘ caught up in great events over which they had no control . ’ |
| 2 | They can feel their petty lives caught up in great events . |
| 3 | He carries only nine pounds more than in 1992 and despite being plagued by a wind problem since that success , has come back in great style after being ‘ tubed . ’ |
| 4 | He lay on the ground thrashing around in great pain , strange choked gurgling sounds escaping from his throat . |
| 5 | The second point I want to er make Mr Deputy Speaker wholly relating to this erm er clutch of er orders of which er eighteen plus the er the schedule which the minister did n't have time to go through in great detail , is the thrust of why I put the amendment down erm in fact that this order should not be er erm approved indeed until the citizens of Gibraltar have been and able to be represented in the European parliament . |
| 6 | They came out in great numbers to support us despite our poor early season form , and I 'm confident we 'll get it right against Dundalk on Sunday . ’ |
| 7 | They came out in great numbers to support us despite our poor early season form , and I 'm confident we 'll get it right against Dundalk on Sunday . ’ |
| 8 | At first we thought that the foragers might simply be suffering from some sort of apian hydrophobia , but when we increased the distance of the feeding station so that the dances indicated the far side of the lake , recruits turned up in great numbers . |
| 9 | I have already spelt out in great detail the criteria that I shall apply when considering Foresterhill 's application for trust status . |
| 10 | Ringed plover and sanderling pass through in great numbers on their way further south . |
| 11 | With all the possibilities set out in great detail , action could be taken , but the results are not striking . |
| 12 | Having set off in great style from Salzburg in their own carriage , they were now so impecunious that they were obliged to sell it before the frontier and go on by postchaise . |
| 13 | Despite occasional April showers , the tennis season started off in great style at the Bourne Club last Sunday , with a very well attended Open Day . |
| 14 | These squatter settlements have sprung up in great abundance , generally in undesirable and inaccessible areas , which are unsuitable for standard building . |
| 15 | The next day she decided to saddle the horse for a ride , but as the girth was being tightened the horse pulled back in great fear , broke its halter rope , and threw itself over backwards sending the saddle crashing to the ground . |
| 16 | No , it was coming out in great lumps and very big patches . |
| 17 | On such days the Lombardy Plain is also laid out in great detail . |
| 18 | Desperately remote though it seems , this forest has in its time been much worked , beech wood having been prized for making oars for ships and sent off in great quantities to the coast . |
| 19 | Building and Flying Your Own Plane ( PSL , 288pp , illus , hbk , £20.00 ) by Geoff Jones , lays out in great detail all the whys and wherefores in building and flying a homebuilt aircraft . |
| 20 | The animals are often very large , and they frequently go about in great herds . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps some of us might come down in great secrecy to visit you . ’ |
| 22 | But I I should come out in great welts soon and start looking like an American werewolf in London . |
| 23 | ISS sets out in great detail ( paragraphs 3.9.3 to 3.9.16 ) both arguments . |
| 24 | The more you are bitten , the worse the reaction , so if you come up in great red , preventative action you can . |