Example sentences of "i [vb past] a great " in BNC.

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1 I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench .
2 I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’
3 I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections .
4 ‘ When I auditioned for him I made a great impression — or so I was told .
5 From when I was very young , my father had nurtured a love of art in me ; I shared a great deal with him ( he took me nearly every Sunday to the Louvre ) and was close to him until his death .
6 I passed a great big pile of wood in a ditch yesterday afternoon
7 ‘ But let me add , Liza and I got a great education .
8 I was doing some mental arithmetic , counting up what was in my wire basket , when I got a great dig in the backside .
9 ‘ He 's done well for himself , and as things have turned out , I got a great move to a club that are really flying at the moment .
10 I got a great reception but the club were always generous to me when I played and managed here .
11 I got a great response from BSK Limited , Machine Knitting Monthly , Angela Gordon , Marion Nelson and , of course , Ann Kite .
12 When I first went in for forensic medicine he used me a lot and I got a great deal of experience I would n't otherwise have had because he was never too proud to ask for a specialist opinion .
13 And I got a great big box of chocolates of him .
14 When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter .
15 This I found a great help .
16 Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports .
17 Basil was a very potent influence on me — I learnt a great deal from him about art and the teaching of art — indeed , more than from any other single person .
18 It was my first visit and I learnt a great deal from his experience .
19 ‘ But , strange as it may be to say about someone who was younger , I learnt a great deal from him . ’
20 ( Leonard called him , ‘ a wise man ; a world-study teacher , ’ adding ‘ I received a great deal from my grandfather . ’ )
21 For Andrew Stavanger himself I developed a great respect .
22 I spent a great deal of time and study on it , over half a year , before I was ready to conduct it .
23 As my transsexual obsession deepened I was prone to bouts of morbid depression and I spent a great deal of time thinking about suicide ; suicide was almost a twin obsession at times .
24 I spent a great deal of time with housemasters ( see Chapter 22 ) and hence I became interested in the kinds of problems they encountered and began to follow-up the children I saw regularly in their offices .
25 I heard a great commotion in the hallway .
26 I derived a great deal of amusement out of this because he got so carried away , huffing and puffing , and once he unleashed a mighty kick with ‘ Take that , you bastard ’ , sadly forgetting that he was still chained at the time .
27 I felt a great relief at having lost the privilege of performing .
28 At the end of it all I felt a great sense of relief and well-being , and now I always go to Norway for treatment .
29 I knew the guys in the punk bands because they were the people I spent time with : people like Joe Strummer and Paul Weller I felt a great affection for as men , as well as admiring what they did . ’
30 Soon I felt a great pain in my head and my breathing became more and more difficult .
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