Example sentences of "you [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you want a great game with loads of depth and spooky animation , you 'll never get it all into 64K of memory . |
| 2 | She said there was this female , that the other thing , and there was a whole long list of things that pointed to this interpretation , and it was all part of a , as you say a great mass of data , that erm , is , is quite mind-bogglingly large , if you actually erm , see it in words . |
| 3 | But if he killed Harry , would n't you expect a greater amount of soaking ? ’ |
| 4 | We were achieving considerable success right up to the moment of the late King 's sudden and unfortunate death in which you show a great deal of interest . ’ |
| 5 | And in passing sentence Judge David Lynch told him : ‘ You caused a great deal of distress and anger . ’ |
| 6 | We made it a bit more Kinks-y and added just a little bit of flamenco , but how can you improve a great song like that ? ’ |
| 7 | There is a higher risk that your baby will be underweight at birth and you run a greater risk of complications when your baby is born . |
| 8 | There is a higher risk that your baby will be underweight at birth and you run a greater risk of complications when your baby is born . |
| 9 | Have you contributed a great deal this year to the butter mountain ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure you know a great deal more about it than I do . |
| 11 | ‘ You know a great deal , Fu Jen … ? ’ |
| 12 | Let me straight away , er , that it might be folly of me to assume that er , you know a great deal about I B M. By the way I B M stands for International Business Machines , not as , some people used to think , International Ballistic Missiles . |
| 13 | It simply occurs to me that you know a great deal about me , whereas I know nothing about you other than your name . ’ |
| 14 | I was laughing about with er what 's , I 'm gon na write er a note to my chi er letter to my children for , you know , before very long no good thinking about it , well you would n't think about it after when it 's too late , but my kids have been a you know a great comfort the four from my first Joan , Joan has too , she 's been a dear but we had the same problems when she was getting older . |
| 15 | If it shifts that way you get a greater liberation of , of ion , of H plus ions which moves the P H down , making it more acid . |
| 16 | If you put the gravel under the cloth and wipe the car you get a great mark . |
| 17 | I suppose yeah but you , you , sometimes you get the hole wears does n't it were the er blade is and all this business so you get a great wadge of wood jamming in there but er , I could do spending a few hundred quid on tools , but what can you do ? |
| 18 | ‘ Yeah , there are times , because certain guitars do n't have a wangy bar , that you get a great solo for most of the song and right at the end you want to maybe slide down and you ca n't do it , so you 'd have to find a guitar that would do that , and then blend it in . ’ |
| 19 | Wellington , that is MacKenzie , the New Zealander , said , ‘ That 's right , padre , ’ and I again winced , ‘ you talk a great deal about material things . |
| 20 | This leads naturally to the splendid definitions of love in chapter ten as Rolle anticipates the disciple bringing him down to earth with a question : " You talk a great deal about love but what is it ? |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't see you have a great deal of choice , ’ he drawled , ‘ unless of course you wish to walk home — in which case you may as well forget our agreement . |
| 22 | I can promise you , however , that if you walk around for three weeks with a chest pain , fearing a heart attack at the age of 43 , and you are told you have a hiatus hernia you feel a great relief . |
| 23 | It would be unfortunate if you generalized a great deal and delivered a speech which could have been given at anybody 's wedding , when the bride and groom have fascinating family histories . |
| 24 | You use a great deal of different textures on ‘ Secret Story ’ . |
| 25 | Even if you become a great painter you end up being some rich man 's lackey , sponsored and dabbled with — if you 're lucky . |
| 26 | If you sent a great army against him , he 'd simply cut it down with his sorcery . |
| 27 | I did n't think that you knew a great deal about art . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I want you to have a great time tonight , ’ he said several times , ‘ but do n't go without taking away 12 business cards . ’ |
| 29 | He did n't have to say ‘ You did a great job on the L-100 resupply on the night of the 9th of April . ’ |
| 30 | You did a great job . |