Example sentences of "she had [art] great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She had a great empathy with animals and vast enthusiasm for what she did .
2 She had a great love for her children and we all loved her intensely . "
3 but Pam was a wonderful hostess , and she had a great secret : she exuded love without noticing it .
4 Next instant she had a great thrill , for as the van swung into the lane past her she saw that it was full of Brownies , with luggage all around them !
5 ’ She 's animated and she had a great look in her eyes ’ .
6 She had a great zest for life.I loved her dearly , ’ says Alfred .
7 She had a great temptation to rest against him , but he stood with a swift movement that was all anger and sarcasm .
8 I had the feeling on reading it that a dam had just burst , and that she had a great deal more to say .
9 One of her earliest pupils , in whom she had a great deal of confidence , was Brighton 's Julie Pullin who poignantly won her first women 's international title on the African satellite , 48 hours before Winnie died , and who went on to win a second title two weeks later .
10 The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values .
11 So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take .
12 She had a great fear of insects . ’
13 She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood .
14 And yet , much as she enjoyed her career and would not want to give it up permanently , she had a great desire for a strong , loving relationship and wanted to have children of her own — something she would never be able to do if her present feelings persisted .
15 Margaret Thatcher and the kind of neutral policy analysis the tank produced simply do not mix : ‘ Of its very existence it sort of encapsulated a view about government for which she had no great sympathy .
16 Alone of the survivors , she had no great affection for the printing trade , which she entered ( " my big mistake " ) when she went to " chum along " a friend .
17 She had no great wish to live , and slipped into an anorexic depression which kept her to her room , resisting all approaches .
18 He went on to add that ‘ as a Spaniard she had the great advantage of not having any family in France who would have to be given honours and rewards ’ .
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