Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've written a great many books for children and some for adults about children ( several from both categories have caused a wave of national commotion ) , broadcasted , televised , been translated into every language including some I had n't realised existed — and what about a bizarre unidentifiable Japanese edition that is put out as one of my books , that for all I know is a codebook for terrorists or drug-runners ! |
| 2 | Pehr Kalm had been a student of Linnaeus , to whom he wrote in March 1747 saying that he had collected a great many seeds from the Essex garden of Richard Warner , a special friend of Miller , who promised an introduction and that he intended ‘ taking up my quarters a little way from Chelsea garden to be always with him ’ . |
| 3 | I have seen a great many sights , you know . |
| 4 | He had charred a good many slices of bread and sent several up in flames before he discovered this simple device . |
| 5 | Earlier , Nina had been stretched a good many notches too tight ; now , she had snapped , and was flapping limply . |
| 6 | However , it exists , works well and has benefited a great many users , particularly in education and training applications . |
| 7 | Empingham netted its owner £40 a year , and up and down the kingdom could be found a good many manors worth at least as much . |
| 8 | They concerned my mother 's paternal grandfather who had spent a great many years in southern Africa — Natal and Cape Colony . |
| 9 | Despite its importance and grade II* listing , the treatment it has received in recent years has been disgraceful , and it is to be hoped a great many lessons will have been learnt about how to deal with irresponsible owners of such important listed buildings . |
| 10 | Ray Sunman , the Darlington council officer who helped coordinate the project , said : ‘ I believe our success has influenced a great many projects that came after it . |
| 11 | Mr Ray Sunman , the Darlington council officer who helped co-ordinate the project , said : ‘ I believe our success has influenced a great many projects that came after it . ’ |
| 12 | He had asked a great many questions of the exiled Court and he hoped , he said earnestly to Oisin , that they would not think him inquisitive . |
| 13 | ‘ I have wasted a good many minutes hunting about the front . ’ |
| 14 | Leaving a dozen men under Ollokot to besiege Gibbon , Joseph led his people south at noon , hauling the wounded on travois and noting sadly : ‘ The Nez Perce never make war on women and children ; we could have killed a great many women and children while the war lasted , but we would feel ashamed to do so cowardly an act . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Sometimes , old boy — and I speak as one who has changed a good many nappies in his time and is not a total stranger to either the washing-up bowl or the kitchen stove — sometimes I wish we were still living in the good old bad old days . ’ |
| 16 | Exasperated , she said his behaviour had prompted a great many questions . |