Example sentences of "on [prep] great [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So they went on with great difficulty . |
2 | The last Archdeacon of Woodborough , a genial and easy man , had invited all the priests of his eight deaneries to a fork supper laid on with great relish by his wife , a woman whose every fibre rejoiced at being a clergy wife . |
3 | Ayr , Irvine and Kilmarnock Academies could each lay claim to having had the largest number of scholars who went on to great things but , before these grander seats of learning were established , several small , seemingly totally inadequate schools had produced a succession of men of whom the county can be proud . |
4 | Spend the immediate post-Smiths period saying how he was the talented one and would go on to great things . |
5 | You skirt Godinton Park to go on to Great Chart . |
6 | ‘ That officer went on to great deeds . |
7 | ‘ I had a tough childhood and it spurred me on to great heights . ’ |
8 | I climbed through the Megger Stones and on to Great Coum looking down Dentdale and Deepdale . |
9 | Meanwhile my cotton body was wound on to great bolts , each one five metres long . |
10 | In our case this iteration has gone on at great lengths and I and my colleagues have had to struggle to ensure that we have allocated enough time to deciding the direction in which the company should be going , and the changes that have to be carried out in order to get it there . |
11 | They would go on and on at great speed . |
12 | He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed . |
13 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
14 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
15 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
16 | We were spurred on by great support |