Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have treated me with great courtesy and kindness ; for all that I thank you . |
| 2 | The MPs said Mr Clarke had received them with great sympathy and had promised to take time to consider every possible factor which could strengthen the town 's security . |
| 3 | If the solutions of the hon. Member for Ogmore command great support , we will consider them with great interest . |
| 4 | It involved thrusting a lighted taper into little glass jars and applying them in great haste to Jean-Claude 's back , which would bubble up under them in balloons of skin . |
| 5 | Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect . |
| 6 | At a time when professional astronomers keep the sky under closer scrutiny than ever before , Alcock 's world-beating achievements rank him with great observers of the past , such as the famous French comet hunter Charles Messier . |
| 7 | ‘ I found him in great spirits . |
| 8 | Her teacher was white — indeed , all the teachers were white — and told them with great pride that she came from England . |
| 9 | Mould lifted them with great effort . |
| 10 | Told him with great enthusiasm . |
| 11 | I told him in great detail . |
| 12 | Now , as she prepared to close the window , the robin returned , standing only inches from her hand and eyeing her with great deliberation , his tiny head cocked to one side and his bright eyes glinting in the sunshine . |
| 13 | He also told her in great detail what kind of a woman Gina was . |
| 14 | The process may sound wasteful , but they conduct it with great economy . |
| 15 | Stained glass features throughout their home and the Michies have incorporated it with great success . |
| 16 | While it may be pleasant to have a young exuberant puppy bounding out to greet you with great enthusiasm , you do not want a large adult dog behaving in a similar fashion , leaping up and bowling people onto the floor . |
| 17 | They did not want it to be too obvious , since observing the search would provide them with great amusement . |
| 18 | We have used them to great effect from boats or for getting baits in under trees or undercut banks where casting has been impossible but the wind has helped to carry the bait into inaccessible areas often inhabited by pike . |
| 19 | But we forgot to dispose of the discarded furnishings , and six months later when I went to spend a few days with a senior Burmese colleague , he showed me with great satisfaction his small-town church , furnished with the discarded pews , pulpit , litany desks , with the collection bags being changed according to the ecclesiastical season ! |
| 20 | He then showed her with great pride some utterly appalling objects which were used to persuade customers to buy their products . |
| 21 | I have since used it with great success at children 's parties . |
| 22 | I enjoy receiving the newsletter and I read it with great nostalgia . |
| 23 | I have , all my life long , been lying till noon ; yet I tell all young men , and tell them with great sincerity , that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good . ’ |
| 24 | Be pleased to tell them that I remember them with great kindness and great respect . |
| 25 | They 're so much more satisfactorily final and distinguished than weddings ; and christenings always fill me with great unease and pessimism and I do n't like sugared almonds . ’ |
| 26 | Well , I think we 'll get a lot of calls , and people remember him with great fondness . |
| 27 | If we do , we now have a model and can say that he and his family have been through it and have borne it with great fortitude , resilience and courage — as has been said , only through their deep religious faith — and that that has been a great lesson to us all . |
| 28 | She divides it into great scoopfuls and fills a cornflake bowl for each of us . |
| 29 | I remember it with great nostalgia . ’ |
| 30 | The box having been placed upon the table , he ordered it with great eagerness to be opened . |