Example sentences of "been a great [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's funny they 've never been a great juice freak really |
| 2 | Seeing the parachutes back in the air has been a great morale booster for the base . |
| 3 | David had always been a great fashion person as well . |
| 4 | ‘ People say I must regret joining United , but I 'm still pleased I came because working for Dave has been a great learning experience , ’ said Marwood . |
| 5 | ‘ You could have been a great cabinet maker , ’ she told him . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's never been a great woman composer , ’ said my mother with an air of triumph , not because she delighted in this deficiency of her sex , but because she thought it percipient to have noticed . |
| 7 | He had never been a great wine drinker , but on every visit to the Mayfair Hotel in London ( which he used often ) he was presented with a complimentary bottle of wine . |
| 8 | By 1989 InterCity director Dr john Prideaux was reassuring his customers that it was wrong to regard the APT as a failure ; it had indeed been a great design success ! |