Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] good deal " in BNC.

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1 When Beatrice visited the canteen in October 1914 she found a good deal of atmosphere , although there was no beer or wine .
2 Her parents would as lief have me as Humphrey , and she 'd a good deal rather . ’
3 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 .
4 This was not quite so convenient for her , and she spent a good deal of time travelling back and forth in her carriage .
5 She spent a good deal on the house ; well , it was his house , she kept it up for him , even afterwards .
6 She spent a good deal — she always did that .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 She slept a good deal .
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