Example sentences of "get a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've got a great idea .
2 ‘ It would be nice to have it published , but even so , I have got a great sense of satisfaction from finding out things for myself , ’ she says of the volume , which includes 230 illustrations .
3 Then after a year in Israel doing research on migrating birds of prey — ‘ I 've got a great story about that , mate .
4 We 've got a great selection of mail order gifts , and they 're all under £25 !
5 TIE Rack has got a great selection of ties and they 're great for Father 's Day presents , either as a little-extra or for those who ca n't afford to splash out .
6 Graham added : ‘ Ray 's got a great engine and he loves to attack .
7 We 've got three at home and three away , but I always say that not many games have ever been won on paper , and I still think we 've got a great chance . ’
8 I think he 's got a great chance .
9 You always know you 'll get nothing short of 110 per cent and he 's still got a great appetite for playing at the top level .
10 You wo n't put him off really , I think he 's just got a great a , he 's not , just got a great appetite I think , he 'll just eat and eat and eat
11 She 's got a great voice and she 's a good writer .
12 J : He 's got a great voice , and Van Morrison writes brilliant songs .
13 Well I mean I ca n't say enough for the people in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary , I mean they 've got a great burns unit there and I mean er er I think the plastic surgeons and what knot are about they must be some of the best in the world .
14 PLUS , we 've got a great competition for you .
15 We 've got a great range of popular Club 18–30 holiday destinations , from the beautiful Balearics to the gorgeous Greek Islands , tantalising Turkey , the captivating Canaries and fabulous Florida !
16 But Keegan said yesterday : ‘ Steve 's got a great future at Newcastle .
17 I know you 've got a great future ahead of you . ’
18 I think for the time being I I 'd I 'd I 'd I 'd I 'd I think that it makes sense to be fully in control of it , I think that I you know have great faith in Virgin Atlantic , erm I think that it erm it 's got a great future , erm but erm er I do n't think it would be that easy to erm you know to I do n't think we 'd have partners falling over themselves to get into the airline business in in in this recession .
19 ‘ We 've got a great team .
20 At one such meeting a heckler had got a great round of cheers from the assembled throng when he had told Clasper to get off his bloody soap-box and do a day 's work for a bloody change .
21 We 've got a very good set up erm my mechanic Mick Day is coming back again tomorrow ; I 'm picking him up from the airport , so that 'll be three years with him and erm I can rely on him to sort of get things ready and erm you know , we 've got a great set up and really I can just concentrate on trying to be erm world speedway champion this year .
22 I do n't think I 've heard him speak before , he s got a great Yorkshire accent for a Welsh lad .
23 Cos she 's got a great grandson she 's never laid eyes on .
24 Well my free kick , he actually got a touch on that as well , he tipped it onto the post for the free kick yes , but I mean even when he bounced out to Mickey Lewis , one of their defenders got a great block from about two yards out to send it out for the corner , which luckily we scored from the corner , so that we got away with it then .
25 I 've actually got a great load still of gardenia and white mixed which is what was put on the walls in the sitting room .
26 wo n't be worth going on the bus unless like I said you 've got a great load to carry but then that could be worked out on a Saturday morning , it would mean going down there , after Tesco 's that 's the only thing
27 He said : ‘ We think we 've got a great potential that we have n't tapped in the past .
28 Many people see the penis as a joke ; although I 've never got a great deal of amusement out of mine .
29 Well , you had n't got a great deal of money , now you would go for a walk out in Edinburgh , out to black Blackhole because Blackhole was a village .
30 They really must realise that time and time again being equivocal on defence when you 're on the left of centre means that voters somehow do n't vote for you , and I think they 've had to learn this lesson yet again and I only hope that by the er December elections in West Germany the Social Democratic Party who I 've got a great deal of er sympathy for on most social issues will be firm and clear about a united Germany not being neutral and within NATO .
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