Example sentences of "were [v-ing] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both sides were using a great deal of laser energy to very little effect . |
| 2 | At one time , the apple trees were proving a great temptation to young men who would shin over the wall at night . |
| 3 | She had become increasingly alienated from her mother and they were rowing a great deal . |
| 4 | The unit 's financial difficulties were absorbing a great deal of the district team 's time and energy , and the promising consortia development of the previous year had foundered as each district in the consortia sought to protect its own providers . |
| 5 | In later years , his paintings were fetching a great deal of money . |
| 6 | The visitors were having a great time until suddenly the lights went up and bar staff started howling , ‘ Give us your pots and glasses and start moving on out , PLEASE ! ’ . |
| 7 | We were having a great time and feeling very relaxed . |
| 8 | They were having a great time looking at the animals and listening as we explained which countries they were all from . |
| 9 | They were running a great risk of being intercepted and possibly destroyed , unless they knew what we are bound to suspect : that the English leadership was incompetent , and perhaps divided . |
| 10 | So my skin began to look better , my guts were giving a great , big heartfelt vote of thanks , but I went on losing weight that it seemed to me I could ill afford to lose . |
| 11 | We got a little higher on this occasion but again ran into severe icing and again we turned back in order to find less cloud and less icing , on tie third attempt we were getting quite near the Alps and we were collecting a great deal of ice . |
| 12 | The French were preparing a great attack on the heights of the Aisne for the end of the month , and so it was , he claimed , essential to keep the Germans occupied in Flanders . |
| 13 | They were making a great game of it . |
| 14 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
| 15 | An hour later , after coffee and cakes in the canteen , all three of them were feeling a great deal better . |