Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] great [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He would have made a great dramatic actor . |
2 | The factory workshop has become what Mao would have called a Great Political School . |
3 | By that time , of course , he would already have effected a great many ministerial and policy changes , but there would still have been sufficient sense of novelty about everything he touched to have ensured his eventual victory at the polls . |
4 | Leaving a dozen men under Ollokot to besiege Gibbon , Joseph led his people south at noon , hauling the wounded on travois and noting sadly : ‘ The Nez Perce never make war on women and children ; we could have killed a great many women and children while the war lasted , but we would feel ashamed to do so cowardly an act . ’ |
5 | I 'm afraid it must have upset a great many people at Thrush Green during the past hour . ’ |