Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a good deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've written a good deal about traps . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had lost a good deal of her bloom and bounce , and looked as if the sentiments of the burial service kept stabbing her to the heart . |
| 5 | She had done a good deal more than that . |
| 6 | You learned to speak a long time ago and , no doubt , you have talked a good deal since then . |
| 7 | And after I 'd explained , and we 'd laughed a good deal , and taken off each others ’ wet clothes , it was . |
| 8 | And sir the other strand which we 've heard a good deal about has been the nature of the vegetative screen which occurs between D thirty nine and D forty on the one hand , and land to the north of it on the other . |
| 9 | Since the 1950s they had lost a good deal of their influence over him to the Americans . |
| 10 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 11 | William Dement woke six subjects in this systematic way over a period of six nights , and found that on the first night they did seem to " start all over again " whenever properly woken , so that by the end of the night they had achieved a good deal of slow wave sleep and very little REM sleep . |
| 12 | They have furnished a good deal of what we know about Jupiter . |
| 13 | They have learnt a good deal about nature from the aquarium and its inhabitants which was the general purpose of the aquarium . |
| 14 | If the vendor is to feel that he has secured a good deal , then he , like the buyer , must feel that he has won some concessions . |
| 15 | Today he has shed a good deal of that ideology — his speech yesterday was social democratic through and through — but he remains devoid of the work experience relevant to his next task which is to convince the country that he , and Labour , are qualified to form the next government . |
| 16 | It has achieved a good deal of success in this , enabling some compensation to be made for the diminishing pool of potential recruits on the farms . |
| 17 | As long ago as 1172 Henry II had promised to mount a crusade and ever since then he had done nothing about it — though he had given a good deal of financial aid to the stricken kingdom . |
| 18 | His educational opportunities had been considerable and he had seen a good deal of Russian government from the inside . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , since everyone 's giving speeches , I may as well take a turn , ’ he said , and it was at once apparent from his voice that he had had a good deal to drink . |
| 20 | He had had a good deal of experience of the deliberate malice of political adversaries , who felt for him a genuine fear that was replaced by contempt only for his lesser colleagues . |
| 21 | Fortunately he had had a good deal of practice in this . |
| 22 | The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance . |
| 23 | He had read a good deal of French romance for his Sir Gawain edition , and may have reflected further that even Beowulf has a kind of ‘ interlace ’ technique . |
| 24 | It 's used a good deal in the United States . |