Example sentences of "[pers pn] be have great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is ignored for cast after cast , using a new crust each time of course , but I am not surprised for I am having great difficulty keeping the line from bowing , for the current is slightly faster between the crust and the bank .
2 In fact she did n't demand anything , apart from a dressing-room on the ground floor because she was having great difficulty with her back at the time , and being in pain , was using a wheelchair most of the time .
3 We are focusing most of our efforts er , on dealing with the legalistic situations in a sense , the situations in the courts , the situations of child protection , and we 're having great difficulty breaking into prevention .
4 First of all , there are far more accountants around now than there are rats and er we were having great difficulty in getting hold of the rats and I thought , well that sounds logical .
5 But , unfortunately , they are having great difficulty in accepting the need to cut overhead costs , which are still far in excess of the target of 18% of turnover and are preventing the Valley Hotel from making a projected net profit by the end of the year .
6 Shortly after his appointment as Minister of Housing in October 1964 , he telephoned me on a Sunday morning to say that he was having great trouble with his civil servants because he wished to promote an anti-eviction Bill , which would make it impossible for people to be evicted from their premises without special precautions .
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