Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | His specialities were country houses , churches and vicarages , and he had a great love for bricks , which he used brilliantly and ingeniously . |
| 2 | Again I think if Freud and Bullitt were here today , they 'd say , well look we did , in fact , have quite a lot of data , because I , Bullitt knew Wilson intimately for several years and worked with him , and er , Freud had rarely the stuff in erm , in all papers of Woodrow Wilson in the library of Congress or wherever they were , and he had a great deal of data . |
| 3 | And he knew a great deal about the Secret Police hit squads . |
| 4 | Ras Tafari 's army came in and he received a great ovation ; in his army were the captured guns and chiefs . |
| 5 | and before them a knight of great stature upon a white horse with a bloody cross , who bore in one hand a white banner , and in the other a sword which seemed to be of fire , and he made a great mortality among the Moors who were flying . |
| 6 | He also enjoyed the ornamentation provided by an attractive , vivacious woman and he made a great fuss of Susan in public , as he did also of Wally Fawkes 's girlfriend and later wife , the red-haired Sandy Carmichael , of whom he was genuinely fond . |
| 7 | His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman . |
| 8 | That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper . |
| 9 | And he launched a great , cracking blow at Finn 's head so that Finn reeled and staggered , clutching the bannisters for support . |
| 10 | He 's my dead brother 's son and he means a great deal to me . |
| 11 | She hesitated ; and he gave a great sigh and turned away , going heavily from the room . |
| 12 | Kate looked bewildered , and he gave a great sigh . |
| 13 | On the first day we got to the 17th , the Road Hole of course , which was a par-5 in those days , and he hit a great tee-shot . |
| 14 | Caring for him became an almost full-time job because he could do so little for himself ; and it was difficult for Mary and Jim to go out together , especially as her father grew less able to get around , and he needed a great deal of help at home . |
| 15 | And he used a great many books of specifically Nazarean orientation , among them the Acts of Thomas . |
| 16 | And he attributes a great deal of that to the rapid growth of the development of private homes within his area . |
| 17 | Houses are Lagerfeld 's passion , and he has a great many of them . |
| 18 | If Gala 's Image wins , and he has a great chance , the tears of celebration will flow . |
| 19 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |
| 20 | They got the Hunter-Blair column and they got Girlie but he prevented a great many other things . |
| 21 | He was a loyal member of the Copenhagen school but he displayed a greater flexibility than most in the expression of his understanding . |
| 22 | He has not , as a source , the shrewdness of his friend Charles Greville [ q.v. ] , nor the sharp asperity of his contemporary J. W. Croker [ q.v. ] ; but he had a greater sense of humour than either . |
| 23 | ‘ But he made a great mistake fleeing the country . |
| 24 | He does n't find writing ( and he certainly does n't find spelling ) easy , but he has a great need to tell his story . |
| 25 | He tired late on , but he has a great future . |
| 26 | But he has a great image , a way to get through to people . |
| 27 | But he devoted a great deal of prior thought to the mood which he wished to create . |
| 28 | Thank you bowlers , six for twenty-five and then a slight contrast , one for a hundred and fifty , but he bowled a great many overs , that 's er , he 's proving a very useful addition to the the England side and he 's being used erm very sensibly by Gooch . |