Example sentences of "he [verb] no great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Fenton was active in research he made no great discoveries . |
| 2 | While he expressed no great desire to conquer Poland , he had ambitions to build a land bridge of Prussian-controlled territory from Brandenburg to East Prussia , and to regulate the grain trade through Danzig and along the Vistula in order to raise revenues to expand and equip the Prussian army . |
| 3 | The pianist was sensitive enough , even if he brought no great sense of individual character to the music as yet , and the orchestra competent but a little routine , and not well-enough focused rhythmically . |
| 4 | He had no great faith in the excuse . |
| 5 | He had no great domain ; many of the nobles and churchmen — and especially the latter — were richer and more powerful than he . |
| 6 | He had no great difficulty in getting together the numbers he required , and simply told them that if they failed to make the grade in training , they would have to return to their original units . |
| 7 | He had no great ability , apart from sticking the ball in the back of the net , either . |
| 8 | He had no great store of political influence , and he never made any effective use of the platform of the House of Lords . |
| 9 | In fact , he had no great enthusiasm for the approaching conflict : he believed , as others did , that a short war would leave the essential problems unchanged while a long one would simply provoke unrest in the civilian population . |
| 10 | Though he had no great stock of small talk he had a great store of commonplaces , which could be adapted to any subject . |