Example sentences of "was [verb] [to-vb] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | This lamp , through its ability to reduce explosions , was claimed to produce a great improvement in the working conditions that the miners had to endure . |
| 2 | Sally-Anne could see that the good doctor , as she had naughtily begun to call him , was going to take a great deal of delight in mercilessly teasing her about Mr Sands . |
| 3 | The one thing that John Milton knew from the moment when he first began to reflect on his destiny , was that he was going to write a great poem . |
| 4 | ‘ But I have to be honest and say I never marked her as someone who was going to become a great journalist . |
| 5 | One evening , lonely , he was taken to meet a great harpsichordist of nearly ninety . |
| 6 | Only three years after the collapse of the projected EDC and Political Community structures , European integration was poised to take a great leap forward . |