Example sentences of "he took a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took a great interest in young people , not only during the course of his duties at the Salzburg Mozarteum , but also beyond that . |
| 2 | He took a great interest in the theological implications of transplant surgery . |
| 3 | Naturally , he took a great interest in horse-shoeing , and horseshoes seem to have been a main interest in his continental journeys– He had a great fondness for the application of setons , particularly in cases of lameness — a curious lapse for such a humane man . |
| 4 | In the drawing-room he took a great deal of persuading to sit down , and then , when Louise finally joined them , drifting in in her rose-silk dress , Grégoire seemed so overcome that he forgot to rise . |
| 5 | He took a great gulp of the fresh air , enough to sustain him . |
| 6 | A modest and kindly man , he took a great interest in technical education and was a governor of Owens College , Manchester , where in 1873 he endowed the Ramsbottom scholarship for young men in the locomotive department of LNWR . |
| 7 | He took a great interest in the dissemination of science to the public . |
| 8 | Coleraine 's Ken Millar broke the five hour record at the Straid Fishery this week when he took a great catch of 27 trout for 47lb 9ozs on Ace of Spades and Viva lures . |