Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 2 | I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’ |
| 3 | Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back . |
| 4 | By doing so I hope to provide a great example for others to follow and to leave my name and footprints in the history of my school . |
| 5 | I happen to have a great deal on my mind at the moment . |
| 6 | Even before I had finished I began to experience a great feeling of freedom and relief . |
| 7 | Whilst at Abu Sueir I managed to get a great deal of tennis but my rugger was curtailed slightly , I played for a scratch side called the Canal Zone but was not allowed to take part in away matches because of the time I would have to spend away from the course due to travelling . |
| 8 | As for their laying the birch on my pocket , I compute that my support of Lewis and Brzeska has cost me at the lowest estimate about £20 per year , from one source alone since that regrettable occurrence , since I dared to discern a great sculptor and a great painter in the midst of England 's artistic desolaton . |
| 9 | My wife and I were very happy ; we had a house outside the town , though I had to spend a great deal of time in Berlin . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it . |
| 11 | I have to make a great effort to keep the tent tidy . |