Example sentences of "have given [art] [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 2 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 3 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 4 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 5 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 6 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 7 | Lost in the malai chain of command , shuffled round from captor to captor , I would not have given a great deal for my chances . |
| 8 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 9 | Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research . |