Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack Edwards was Palace 's stocky , teak-tough full-back throughout the 1950s and became a great favourite here at Selhurst Park . |
| 2 | Charles Dickens was born in 1812 at Portsmouth and became a great success and was established as a very popular novelist , when his first novel , ‘ The Pickwick Papers ’ , was published as a book in 1837 . |
| 3 | It was then transformed into a castle by Countess Telfener at the turn of the century and became a great meeting place of the cultured and famous of the area , and a venue for duels . |
| 4 | Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives . |
| 5 | In all fairness it must of course also be said that people who are familiar with Christian orders of service find this same collection of words extremely comforting and helpful precisely because they are familiar and mean a great deal to them . |
| 6 | I 've always thought that you get a bunch of songs together and if they 're good songs , you 're really lucky and if they all fit together and make a great album you 're really , really lucky . |
| 7 | Obviously the decrease in the amount of time spent with the first-born will have an effect but many parents are aware of this and make a great effort to give attention to the older child . |
| 8 | She has been well taken care of by one of our professional crews , and offers a great chance to achieve one of these popular yachts . |
| 9 | The rear garden is enclosed by close panelled fencing and stone walling and offers a great deal of seclusion of privacy . |
| 10 | In order to be a Christian and to continue the Great Battle against the Evil One , I can not return to the life and times of the New Testament church as if there had been no history in between . |
| 11 | There is , in fact , a basic stratum of truth in it ; but there are so many exceptions that the collector who took the dictum as gospel would make many blunders and lose a great deal of money . |
| 12 | He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns . |
| 13 | He was not suited to the world of bureaucracy and committees , but took to that job his generous and natural enthusiasm and made a great success of it . |
| 14 | With a squeak of pain and fear , and a look of real hate , it ran up the back of the chair and made a great jump onto the rope of the alarm bell . |
| 15 | In fact , although the Gaels were dispersed over many lands and made a great contribution in relation to their numbers , the mass of Scottish emigrants were from the lowlands , including Ayrshire . |
| 16 | Syl 's mother was highly displeased to see her and made a great to-do of fetching an extra cup , saucer and plate , worrying aloud that there would n't be enough for three of us to eat . |
| 17 | Modigliani knew how to adapt himself to his surroundings and made a great impression on the day he came to sketch Bakst . |
| 18 | Mrs Mantini did not upbraid her , but she pursed her tangerine lips and made a great thing of getting ready to go out in a hurry . |
| 19 | We will support new research into environmentally-friendly technologies and launch a Great Environment Exhibition to publicise and to promote sales of the cleanest British technologies . |
| 20 | They dominated the upper levels of government , controlled much commerce , and owned the great coffee and tea plantations . |
| 21 | It is clear why ministers , who lose only a little and gain a great deal from the doctrine , should want to keep it going . |
| 22 | If Andrew Orkney does indeed lead over Anchor Bridge , jumps the last two obstacles cleanly and wins the great event it will be a story entirely appropriate to its ridiculously romantic pattern . |
| 23 | I ate at the Corner House , very little , as it was not easy to pay the modest sum my landlady in Southwark , Mrs William Vitou , whose husband was a dental mechanic trained in Guy 's hospital , charged me , and eat a great deal apart from breakfast and a high tea . |
| 24 | Again I felt so relieved to be ‘ in care , ’ and to enjoy the great comfort of a room with two beds and unlimited baths , and a nurse or two around the place to check on my progress . |
| 25 | It is still very cold and raining a great deal . |
| 26 | another former manager still living in the area is Mark Lawrenson … he fell out with the Maxwells … he knows the club inside out … and has a great record … |
| 27 | another former manager still living in the area is Mark Lawrenson … he fell out with the Maxwells … he knows the club inside out … and has a great record … |
| 28 | The whole approach is flexible and has a great strength in the direct link to the highest administrative body . |
| 29 | But how will Lachlan handle a wife that knows what he 's at , and has a great clan of powerful relations at her call if she 's ill done by , then ? ’ |
| 30 | At £54.95 , it is also cheaper than keeping a pet , and needs a great deal less walking ! |