Example sentences of "[pers pn] have learn a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | For all that I have learned a greater variety of games , there are fewer I can tolerate . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | In this respect , she has learnt a great deal from her husband . |
5 | " You 've learned a great deal from Sister Anne and I see in you the quality which is needed at Yelton . |
6 | Oh , she knew she had learned a great deal during the last two years ; she also knew that a good part of herself was happy , mostly , she thought , because she had come to like Mrs Aggie and living in her house . |
7 | All these questions were dealt with fully during the course , so Derek and I felt that we had learnt a great deal of new and fascinating information that we just could n't have got out of books . |
8 | During these past ten years , he had learned a great deal about his stepfather 's business ; not only did he trudge the streets collecting money , which he then took to the bank after it had been religiously recounted by Luther , but he was the one who made all the entries into the ledgers ; he was the one who always met with accountants and reported back to his stepfather , who constantly grumbled that he was ‘ too ill and racked with pain' to weigh himself down with the burden of meetings and ridiculous men in ridiculous suits , with their ridiculous ideas that a man should always invest the money he earns with the sweat of his brow … |