Example sentences of "[vb base] be [v-ing] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
| 2 | But can I just make the point that we have been investing a great deal in British Rail , and the idea that er all over the piece we 're talking about non-modernized railways simply not true . |
| 3 | I have been thinking a good deal , as I 'm sure you have , about the decline in income and the urgent need to improve matters . |
| 4 | I have been thinking a great deal about it , and I really think there was much force in what your friends said … |
| 5 | I have been walking a great deal , he wrote . |
| 6 | I have been giving a great deal of consideration towards the most effective Council Tax structure to be adopted based on the experiences of Community Charge to date . |
| 7 | Have you not read novels , been to the cinema and watched the hero and heroine embracing and realized you have been missing a great deal ? |