Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [art] great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’ |
| 2 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I am afraid I am giving you a great deal of trouble . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been giving it a great deal of thought myself in recent weeks . |
| 5 | The ‘ opposition ’ governors imagine themselves to be more important than they really are ; they have state , not federal , responsibilities ; their comments on federal matters should therefore not be regarded as of primary importance ; and , if they were reported fully at all times , this would be giving them a greater prominence in national affairs than they deserve . |
| 6 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 7 | He believes that sheep farmers who think only about the pound in their pocket could be doing themselves a great disservice . |
| 8 | Here 's wishing you a great New Year of walking ! |
| 9 | And far from being envious , it is giving me the greatest pleasure . ’ |
| 10 | Cloudbase Paragliding are offering you a great opportunity to take to the air and raise money for the charity Barnardos . |
| 11 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 12 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
| 13 | Mat. , she had managed to give the impression authority was granting me a great favour . |
| 14 | Of course , in thinking like this , I was doing him a great injustice : the change was not so much in him , as in the way I saw him . |
| 15 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
| 16 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
| 17 | And we did it first half , and when we were in possession , we were winning it in their sort of last third of the field , and that was giving us a great chance to create scoring chances and that 's what we 've done again today which has worked very well . |
| 18 | In 1168 Geoffrey stood on the threshold of a long and turbulent career which was to earn him a great reputation as a knight both in Europe and on crusade and to help lift his dynasty out of the ranks of the barons of Poitou and place it firmly among the leading princes of Christendom . |