Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] great " in BNC.

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1 He made a great effect by getting the chorus to sing a proper piano .
2 ‘ But he made a great mistake fleeing the country .
3 and before them a knight of great stature upon a white horse with a bloody cross , who bore in one hand a white banner , and in the other a sword which seemed to be of fire , and he made a great mortality among the Moors who were flying .
4 At first he made a great success of his new-found freedom , earning sufficient money to rent an elegant apartment , marry , and enjoy a reasonable standard of living .
5 Having had the pleasure of meeting Willy De Roos several years ago he made a great impression on me and although little is publicised about his achievements , it is a shame that they are not better known .
6 He also enjoyed the ornamentation provided by an attractive , vivacious woman and he made a great fuss of Susan in public , as he did also of Wally Fawkes 's girlfriend and later wife , the red-haired Sandy Carmichael , of whom he was genuinely fond .
7 His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman .
8 When his father began talking again , a little irritated frown wrinkled his smooth young brow , but although he made a great play of concentrating fiercely on his reading , he still listened carefully from behind the book to what was being said .
9 He made a great pretence of studying her ticket , turning it over , then turning it back .
10 Glancing at Dieter , Melissa read ‘ What did I tell you ? ’ in his smile as he made a great pantomime of clearing his throat .
11 Paul writes that he is ‘ in ’ God — and as we look at the way that he wrote other letters , it is clear that he made a great effort to maintain that special relationship .
12 He could mend any broken toy , and make things too — I remember he made a great big rocking-horse for Hilary , and painted it in all sorts of marvellous colours .
13 That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper .
14 Although Fenton was active in research he made no great discoveries .
15 However , he made the great mistake of not living to collect it .
16 He lived a great deal in his fantasies and he enjoyed these .
17 She followed Master Nan , waiting as he unlocked the great double doors again and pushed them open .
18 It is a clear indication of the quality of Vic Rouse 's goalkeeping ability that he succeeded the great Roy Bailey between the Palace posts , then went on to set up a club record 238 Football League goalkeeping appearances ( since exceeded only by the invincible John Jackson ) , and that it then took another goalkeeper destined for the 1st Division in Bill Glazier to oust him .
19 Well it 's just that dad said he passed a great big piece of wood , I said that must have been painful !
20 He channelled a great deal of effort into his group , almost as an act of revenge .
21 Mageeba makes no concessions to the white political world yet he understands a great deal about it .
22 He represents a great noble of the Empire , perhaps even the Emperor himself .
23 He became a great fan of yours after a particularly exciting performance you conducted of Belshazzar 's Feast .
24 He became a great favourite at Versailles , where he demonstrated his tactics by breaking through a line of courtiers by the use of his fists and elbows .
25 Ps. livingstonii — was one of my great loves in my early Mbuna-keeping days , probably because my male was not only a ‘ big softy ’ who caused me no trouble whatsoever , but also because he became a great pet .
26 Pasteur was drawn into the field of bacteriology , of which he became the great pioneer ( together with Robert Koch [ 1843–1910 ] , a German country doctor ) , through industrial chemistry , more precisely the analysis of why beer and vinegar sometimes go bad , for reasons which chemical analysis could not reveal .
27 After education at Oxford , he became the greatest of all the priors at Bridlington .
28 In July he led a great army against the Scots , but their Fabian tactics and ‘ scorched-earth ’ policy defeated his efforts even to relieve Berwick ; he returned to England ‘ with nothing done worth writing about ’ , as one chronicler put it , and disbanded the major part of his army .
29 The past includes a violent father who walked out on the family when Banks was 12 , and running away from home himself at 18 to join Castro ( ‘ In the late Fifties , remember , he got a great press in the States .
30 And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it !
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