Example sentences of "he take great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though at first , Pip could not bear to touch him , later on he takes great care of him and grows to love him which is shown by their holding hands at the trial of Magwitch and his visits to him as he is awaiting execution . |
| 2 | He takes great trouble over a seemingly endless stream of difficulties . |
| 3 | Although he feels that the view from the dining-room of the new house will be relatively unimportant , he takes great pains to render it interesting , if not allegoric ( Fig. 24 ) . |
| 4 | After retirement he became a respected commentator , chairman of selectors and eventually president of Yorkshire ( 1981-4 ) until , saddened by the internal strife , he resigned from an office in which he took great pride . |
| 5 | That was something he took great pride in . |
| 6 | It had been unnecessary , of course , for her to mention that the silver was one of my father 's main responsibilities and one he took great pride in . |
| 7 | When the time came to close the office , he took great pleasure in posting us all as far away from our homes as he possibly could . |
| 8 | His previous home had been completely refurbished by interior designers , so this time he took great pleasure in creating his own individual style . |
| 9 | He took great pleasure from visiting their caravan at Loch Eck , near Dunoon , and enjoyed a good game of golf . |
| 10 | At the same time , he took great trouble over the team 's welfare , even to the extent of helping them when they signed their contracts . |
| 11 | Later , as I know , he took great interest in the law reports , and he always read the letters . |
| 12 | As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions . |
| 13 | After he recovered , he took great care of his health , finding every ray of sunshine to sit in and when it rained , still resolutely taking the air , under the porch . |
| 14 | He took great care not to touch her or allow his grubby clothes to come into contact with her beautiful skirt and creamy-white blouse . |
| 15 | He took great care to have his children brought up as members of his Church , though eventually all three who survived went over to that of their mother . |
| 16 | Since the rifle was the infantryman 's main weapon for both defence and attack , he took great care of it . |
| 17 | Although not an agricultural innovator , he was an astute farmer and businessman : he took great care in selecting seed and breeding stock ; he knew the best markets in the region for a wide variety of products ; and he endeavoured never to miss an opportunity for profit . |