Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife and I were very happy ; we had a house outside the town , though I had to spend a great deal of time in Berlin . |
| 2 | I told him that I had heard a great deal about his sister . |
| 3 | My time in submarines had brought me closer to people of a totally different background and I had learnt a great deal from my sailors about their home circumstances before the war . |
| 4 | I had talked a great deal to her about my nights in Marcus . |
| 5 | I 've written a good deal about traps . |
| 6 | I 've gained a great deal of experience these psst two and a half years and I think I could manage a stud farm quite easily now . |
| 7 | I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’ |
| 8 | I 've had a great deal of fun reviewing Animation Works Interactive , so much so that I 've been staying in the office well past my normal time just to play with it . |
| 9 | Where publicity is concerned I 've had a raw deal . |
| 10 | They really must realise that time and time again being equivocal on defence when you 're on the left of centre means that voters somehow do n't vote for you , and I think they 've had to learn this lesson yet again and I only hope that by the er December elections in West Germany the Social Democratic Party who I 've got a great deal of er sympathy for on most social issues will be firm and clear about a united Germany not being neutral and within NATO . |
| 11 | He created Apollo , which I have conducted a great deal . |
| 12 | I have said a good deal more on Government Back Benches than I have on Opposition Back Benches and very often it has been what has been done on Government Back Benches that has saved even Labour Governments from some of their follies . |
| 13 | ‘ I have lived a great deal in other centuries . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I have heard a great deal about Harvard — who has n't ? |
| 15 | I have given a great deal of thought as to how much I should actually tell you about this period and what just to leave to your imagination . |
| 16 | I 'm a Catholic parent and I have seen a great deal of correspondence and adverse publicity in the local and Catholic press about this new Religious Education programme ‘ Here I Am ’ . |
| 17 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 18 | It is all guesswork , but we can not help thinking about it , and I have thought a great deal about it . |
| 19 | During this period I have learnt a great deal about what children like [ and dislike ] at parties and have gathered together a selection of games , songs and magic tricks which I can guarantee will make any party a day to remember , for both children and adults . |
| 20 | I would have thought that there would be an appreciable market for this CD , which , on a personal level , I have enjoyed a great deal . |
| 21 | I have spent a good deal of time trying to improve cost-efficiency without detracting too greatly from the service you enjoy , and I trust this is an acceptable compromise . |
| 22 | She has achieved a great deal , and made a valuable contribution to our company 's efficiency over these last seven years . |
| 23 | ‘ She has suffered a great deal . |
| 24 | Since those days she has done a great deal of work with Steven Berkoff — particularly in his play for two people , Decadence which she has played in London , Los Angeles and Dublin . |
| 25 | Also , on the basis of an outline and ‘ three or four ’ chapters of a first novel , she has done a five-figure deal for two books by Juliette Mead , a woman in her early 30s who works in the cit . |
| 26 | In this respect , she has learnt a great deal from her husband . |
| 27 | ‘ She is a grown woman now , she has changed a great deal since she last came to stay with us eight years ago , ’ said Mrs Riddiford after meeting Kylie in her hotel after the concert . |
| 28 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 29 | Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this |
| 30 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |