Example sentences of "had [verb] [prep] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill , who had heard with great pleasure many of the greats including Menuhin , Beecham , Barbirolli during his Newcastle days , went . |
| 2 | Jesus has just stated that he had to go through great suffering ; to be rejected by the Jewish leaders ; and to be put to death and to rise again . |
| 3 | According to the reports the government forces had acted with great ruthlessness and had executed large numbers of guerrillas and civilians . |
| 4 | He realized that he had to watch every word , that he had to edit with great caution , crossing out , interpolating , amending . |
| 5 | So far , I had behaved with great restraint . |
| 6 | He had gone to great trouble to ascertain ways in which my knowledge of Italy and especially Libya might be put to use : As I was once again unemployed and earning no money , I needed to obtain some work . |
| 7 | They had enjoyed a measure of success , but the outnumbered French had resisted with great ferocity to deny them a decisive result . |