Example sentences of "she [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She made him stand idly on the sidewalk while she made a big deal of paying the cab driver . |
| 2 | ‘ At this time of the year she sleeps a great deal , ’ said Simon . |
| 3 | She laughs a great deal . |
| 4 | When Beatrice visited the canteen in October 1914 she found a good deal of atmosphere , although there was no beer or wine . |
| 5 | she owes a great deal , not only to her natural gifts , but to your tuition . |
| 6 | ‘ Only that I have an impression that she depends a great deal on the doctor . ’ |
| 7 | Her parents would as lief have me as Humphrey , and she 'd a good deal rather . ’ |
| 8 | As a result , she received a great deal of publicity in newspapers in both the United Kingdom and North America . |
| 9 | Aunt Emily was not exactly ill , at least she had no definable complaint , but she rested a good deal , more and more , and every day seemed happier to let Alexandra take over the household decisions . |
| 10 | However she sees a great deal of hope in Miranda 's situation ; ‘ You can acknowledge that women do let other women down and still be a feminist . |
| 11 | This was not quite so convenient for her , and she spent a good deal of time travelling back and forth in her carriage . |
| 12 | She spent a good deal on the house ; well , it was his house , she kept it up for him , even afterwards . |
| 13 | She spent a good deal — she always did that . |
| 14 | She spent a good deal of time in the kitchen and bullied Dora into showing her how to make bread and pastry ; she would take cookery books up to her room and study the methods of jam making and preserving fruit and vegetables . |
| 15 | Like the Prince , she takes a great deal of exercise , and frequently leaves the people who escort her on visits around the country struggling to keep up . |
| 16 | She relied a good deal on Lessing , whom she disliked but who had qualities that made him useful to her ; he was able to work out salaries , including those of his cousins in the Hampstead house , the expenses of running the theatre , lighting , heating , cleaning . |
| 17 | She talked a great deal about T.S . |
| 18 | She wore a great deal of make-up at all times , but that day , perhaps just as primitive man might have painted his face as a protection , she was garnished with particularly bright eye colours and lipstick , so that it was a little garish mask staring at the two policemen . |
| 19 | She took a great deal of satisfaction in seeing the pompous old ass upset . |
| 20 | Moreover , she thought a great deal about what she was going to do long before she began working , and it had become possible for her to execute a painting with great precision . |
| 21 | Being a woman , and coming from the background she did , she knew a great deal about jewellery . |
| 22 | It would have surprised Claudia if Dana did have any money ; she earned a great deal but spent it as fast as she made it , and , while it made sense for Roman to bring her under his wing , Claudia resented it fiercely . |
| 23 | Shocked and incredulous , Buzz could say nothing more , but as the limousine glided on , she remembered a great deal : the teashop outings in Earls Court when Edward was little , comforting Nell , time after time , when Billy had had a few and behaved badly . |
| 24 | In particular she won a great deal of sympathy last January when she appeared on national television with Bill Clinton as he faced allegations of extra-marital dalliance with a singer . |
| 25 | She troubles a good deal about the three hours that she 's lost . |
| 26 | She did a good deal of field-work in the pubs of commuterland , achieving in her story ‘ Summer Schools ’ ( also in the 1958 volume ) an almost ‘ Gothic ’ horror . |
| 27 | I had the feeling on reading it that a dam had just burst , and that she had a great deal more to say . |
| 28 | One of her earliest pupils , in whom she had a great deal of confidence , was Brighton 's Julie Pullin who poignantly won her first women 's international title on the African satellite , 48 hours before Winnie died , and who went on to win a second title two weeks later . |
| 29 | The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values . |
| 30 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |