Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] a great " in BNC.

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1 Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’
2 Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this
3 ‘ You 've endured a great deal , especially yesterday . ’
4 ‘ I 've met a great number of very interesting people , ’ he murmurs .
5 ‘ In the past 50 years we 've done a great deal of abolition .
6 ‘ But they 've done a great job .
7 Young looked at Burton on the set and said to the make-up man , ‘ You 've done a great job . ’
8 You 've done a great job on the interiors . ’
9 ‘ I think you 've done a great job here .
10 But then , of course , in the last year we 've seen a great deal of each other .
11 ‘ Anne — Miss Miggs , ’ began Christine breathlessly , ‘ we 've made a great discovery !
12 They 've made a great start , but five shots after one round is nothing in this tournament . ’
13 I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’
14 but I mean other than that , I , I , I 'd like to be dead cautious about that , I , I still think it 's early days , I know we 've made a great success , but it 's early days .
15 and they just say it totally randomly and the last one just the first pers person who says Mornington Crescent is the winner but they 've made a great big sort of fiction as to how why , when it is suitable to say Mornington Crescent
16 I 've written a great many books for children and some for adults about children ( several from both categories have caused a wave of national commotion ) , broadcasted , televised , been translated into every language including some I had n't realised existed — and what about a bizarre unidentifiable Japanese edition that is put out as one of my books , that for all I know is a codebook for terrorists or drug-runners !
17 You 've uncovered a great story — a great story . ’
18 Although we 've advanced a great deal in the last fifty years , we still have a way to go and our self esteem is lower than men .
19 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 . ’
20 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 !
21 Then after a year in Israel doing research on migrating birds of prey — ‘ I 've got a great story about that , mate .
22 We 've got a great selection of mail order gifts , and they 're all under £25 !
23 ‘ We 've got a great team .
24 You 've got a great big bottom !
25 ‘ They 've just said you 've got a great backside — and from a West Indian that 's the highest compliment you can have . ’
26 I know you 've got a great future ahead of you . ’
27 PLUS , we 've got a great competition for you .
28 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 .
29 You 've got a great body ; it 's a crime not to use it . ’
30 The trouble is , in the middle you 've got a great gulf of lack of information , and predicting in those
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