Example sentences of "he [vb past] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman . |
| 2 | He made a great pretence of studying her ticket , turning it over , then turning it back . |
| 3 | At first he made a great success of his new-found freedom , earning sufficient money to rent an elegant apartment , marry , and enjoy a reasonable standard of living . |
| 4 | When his father began talking again , a little irritated frown wrinkled his smooth young brow , but although he made a great play of concentrating fiercely on his reading , he still listened carefully from behind the book to what was being said . |
| 5 | ‘ But he made a great mistake fleeing the country . |
| 6 | Having had the pleasure of meeting Willy De Roos several years ago he made a great impression on me and although little is publicised about his achievements , it is a shame that they are not better known . |
| 7 | That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper . |
| 8 | and before them a knight of great stature upon a white horse with a bloody cross , who bore in one hand a white banner , and in the other a sword which seemed to be of fire , and he made a great mortality among the Moors who were flying . |
| 9 | He made a great effect by getting the chorus to sing a proper piano . |
| 10 | Glancing at Dieter , Melissa read ‘ What did I tell you ? ’ in his smile as he made a great pantomime of clearing his throat . |
| 11 | He also enjoyed the ornamentation provided by an attractive , vivacious woman and he made a great fuss of Susan in public , as he did also of Wally Fawkes 's girlfriend and later wife , the red-haired Sandy Carmichael , of whom he was genuinely fond . |
| 12 | Paul writes that he is ‘ in ’ God — and as we look at the way that he wrote other letters , it is clear that he made a great effort to maintain that special relationship . |
| 13 | He lived a great deal in his fantasies and he enjoyed these . |
| 14 | He channelled a great deal of effort into his group , almost as an act of revenge . |
| 15 | He became a great favourite at Versailles , where he demonstrated his tactics by breaking through a line of courtiers by the use of his fists and elbows . |
| 16 | Ps. livingstonii — was one of my great loves in my early Mbuna-keeping days , probably because my male was not only a ‘ big softy ’ who caused me no trouble whatsoever , but also because he became a great pet . |
| 17 | He became a great fan of yours after a particularly exciting performance you conducted of Belshazzar 's Feast . |
| 18 | In July he led a great army against the Scots , but their Fabian tactics and ‘ scorched-earth ’ policy defeated his efforts even to relieve Berwick ; he returned to England ‘ with nothing done worth writing about ’ , as one chronicler put it , and disbanded the major part of his army . |
| 19 | The past includes a violent father who walked out on the family when Banks was 12 , and running away from home himself at 18 to join Castro ( ‘ In the late Fifties , remember , he got a great press in the States . |
| 20 | He read a great deal as a child and later said that he read Euclid as easily as an adult reads a novel . |
| 21 | But he devoted a great deal of prior thought to the mood which he wished to create . |
| 22 | But in all his face-to-face contacts with the handicapped — and with worried parents — he radiated a great warmth of strong , friendly reassurance . |
| 23 | He contributed a great deal to the development of Welsh drama with both original plays and translations , while his book on Welsh Folklore and Folk-Custom ( 1930 , revised edn. 1979 ) was the fruit of a lifelong study of the subject . |
| 24 | Ras Tafari 's army came in and he received a great ovation ; in his army were the captured guns and chiefs . |
| 25 | As my son had won one , this meant he suffered a great deal of embarrassment . |
| 26 | But in 1749 he committed a greater indiscretion when he left Cambridge for London , to live on his wits . |
| 27 | He roared a great shout of laughter . |
| 28 | He holed a great putt on the last for a five and we both shot 71s because Nick hit a poor second shot on the last and he took a bogey five as well . |
| 29 | Increasingly , he envisaged a great war in the pacific and many others shared his expectations : the prophecy of Jayabhaya was again on everyone 's lips . |
| 30 | But I remember Philip telling me of a man he admired a great deal , and ‘ t was Guy fitzAlan of Ashby Chase . |