Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | That some very large companies should have lost a great deal of money on their little experiment shows only how unwise their decision to pursue the technology was . |
| 2 | I should have to know a great deal more about you . |
| 3 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 4 | All the same , he should have thought a great deal more about what lay behind the exhibits . |
| 5 | The loss of territorial control , with minority Russian populations in so many of the new countries , must have created a great deal of resentment , again not unlike Germany after World War l . |
| 6 | Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research . |
| 7 | Rodrigo must have learned a great deal from these intelligent , cultured people . |
| 8 | The move of Kenneth MacAlpin 's capital to Scone must have meant a great deal more physical comfort for kings and their retainers after the rocks and raw rain of Argyll , but the heads wearing the crown were offered little chance of lying easy . |
| 9 | He must have learnt a great deal from Thomas May , and from him also acquired an enthusiasm for pottery , but he was quick to grasp the crucial principle that the changes in the form of some vessels was due to a chronological development , an idea that had eluded May , who never rose much above the level of that of ‘ an indefatigable draughtsman ’ , as his Antiquaries ' obituary rather dismissively calls him . |
| 10 | The other thing they say , if they 're Terrans , or actually , especially if they 're not , is , Well , you must have spent a good deal of time on Good Old Mother Earth . |
| 11 | He and Mother must have thought a great deal of the place to go to that expense at a time when money was so short . |
| 12 | Had you said this first instead of producing emotional gush about the hospital 's welfare , we could have saved a good deal of time . |
| 13 | Cynics believe that the administration may have made a secret deal with Noriega , and some of the defence testimony seems to bear out this theory . |
| 14 | She may have cried a good deal without understanding why . |
| 15 | A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending . |
| 16 | ‘ But without the special cover I 'd have had to pursue that claim on my own and it would have cost a great deal more . |
| 17 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 18 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 19 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 20 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 21 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 22 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 23 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 24 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 25 | In some circumstances this remained true even in straightforward administrative interactions where strings of questions about what was going to happen next sometimes led to complicated and unproductive guessing games , and where a simple clear statement would have saved a great deal of time . |
| 26 | Such an outcome would have caused a great deal of trouble for the council which could have been largely avoided if the resolution had been directly challenged soon after it was made under Ord. 53 . |
| 27 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 28 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 29 | To do so , they will have to issue a good deal more paper than they would normally like . |
| 30 | If you have developed the skills for effective study from your course , then you will have achieved a great deal . |