Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] great [indef pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a great one for singing because he 'd sing sea shanties and Irish songs . ’ |
| 2 | She was a nice lady , and when her husband was alive he was a great one for the shooting and the fishing , though there is not much fishing here on Moila . |
| 3 | She come here , she used to come here with her man , you ken they were tramps , but er she , she was a great one , she used to , she belonged to the West Highlands , and she was a great one for quoting the , the kind of |
| 4 | The , after the school I was never one for er I never was a great one for sport . |
| 5 | Although I did go and watch the rugby , I never was a great one for , and I , I used to swim quite a lot . |
| 6 | As she nodded he went on , ‘ Alison was a great one for desk diaries and pending files . |
| 7 | Tyrone Guthrie was a great one for comic business , and it was amazing to see how Michael picked it all up . |