Example sentences of "[pers pn] had be a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gross exaggeration , ’ Fabia laughed , but could n't deny that she had been a great fan of the Czech composers , and still was . |
| 2 | It was as if they had served to draw some morbid agent from her blood , as if they had been a great black and damson poultice to draw off her petulant humours and leave her as placid as a Madonna . |
| 3 | I did not sleep well that night : it had been a great day and the call of the wild kept me nervous and excited . |
| 4 | Since it had been a great success when read aloud to ‘ our local club ’ , Tolkien had absolute confidence in submitting it to the publisher of The Hobbit , Stanley Unwin . |
| 5 | It had been a great relief to learn from the lawyers that Sunset Cottage , Overclyst , their new home , was already furnished . |
| 6 | It had been a great moment . |
| 7 | All three teachers were adamant that despite the lack of time for consultation , the lack of space and resources and other problems that had nothing to do with the curricular rationale behind the project , it had been a great success . |
| 8 | Kenneth thought it had been a great year . |
| 9 | It had been a great directorship . |
| 10 | it had been a great patrol during which we had made a lot of new friends , carried out a great deal of work en route and broken into completely new territory for the cutters . |
| 11 | As the neighbours started to emerge later in the day , everyone agreed it had been a great San Juan . |
| 12 | Mr Devlin said afterwards it had been a great day in Yarm 's history . |