Example sentences of "i [verb] [art] great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I tried to convince him there must be jugs at the grade and he fell for it , allowing me to breathe a great sigh of relief .
2 I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench .
3 I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections .
4 I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’
5 ‘ When I auditioned for him I made a great impression — or so I was told .
6 In mid-August I made the great mistake of seeking a four-day break from London to stay with friends in France .
7 And I mean a great thrill he was to us , he cried come here and see this and here was among all his little moles , he had a white one a pure white mole .
8 I can remember one , one girl , I mean the great sin was to steal anything , and er they 'd found in her , her satchel somebody else 's pencil .
9 ( I met the great sculptor once , you know , when I was hiding from the Doge of Venice 's assassins .
10 From when I was very young , my father had nurtured a love of art in me ; I shared a great deal with him ( he took me nearly every Sunday to the Louvre ) and was close to him until his death .
11 She thought yet again : I make a great fuss of nothing , and have not suffered at all .
12 I got a great response from BSK Limited , Machine Knitting Monthly , Angela Gordon , Marion Nelson and , of course , Ann Kite .
13 ‘ But let me add , Liza and I got a great education .
14 I was doing some mental arithmetic , counting up what was in my wire basket , when I got a great dig in the backside .
15 I got a great reception but the club were always generous to me when I played and managed here .
16 When I first went in for forensic medicine he used me a lot and I got a great deal of experience I would n't otherwise have had because he was never too proud to ask for a specialist opinion .
17 ‘ He 's done well for himself , and as things have turned out , I got a great move to a club that are really flying at the moment .
18 and I got a greater kinship because they 're a small group .
19 And , I got the great accolade the following season when he said , well you 're not as bad as I thought you would be !
20 I got the greatest enjoyment from that .
21 I hate the great outdoors as you know
22 I found no great welcome ; people seemed quite oblivious of my arrival , and no doubt it was unconscious arrogance on my part to expect it to be otherwise .
23 When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter .
24 This I found a great help .
25 ‘ May I introduce the great master of medicine and royal physician , Duncan MacAirth . ’
26 Mum , ma I want a great hat mum
27 I sense a great team spirit , onshore and offshore , ’ he added .
28 Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports .
29 Basil was a very potent influence on me — I learnt a great deal from him about art and the teaching of art — indeed , more than from any other single person .
30 It was my first visit and I learnt a great deal from his experience .
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