Example sentences of "they [vb past] a [adj] deal [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Balancing between them took a great deal of agility . |
| 2 | I reckon they got a one-single deal on Epic . |
| 3 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
| 4 | And J. D. O'Connor liked my articles — he said they created a great deal of excitement and interest ; I wrote under the name of Vesta . |
| 5 | For example , the sailing ship Thomas Bell , which left Funchal on 8 November 1887 and arrived in Hawaii on 14 April 1888 ( 156 days via Cape Horn ) , had 400 emigrants on board and they suffered a great deal from sea-sickness and hunger . |
| 6 | Living with the Keraing and his wife was a very public affair ; and , although they barked a good deal at the constant throng which invaded their household while we were there , they were traditionally in no position to deny them entrance , and each resident of Bira got his chance lengthily to observe our every blink and mannerism . |
| 7 | As a fellow Australian and all-round boozer , Flynn took a tremendous liking to Finch , and , not surprisingly , they spent a good deal of time drinking together . |
| 8 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 9 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 10 | They knew a great deal about their cancer , and several of them were quite evidently very ill with it . |
| 11 | They saw a great deal of each other , but , because Diana was so much younger and usually just one of a party , no one who saw them together ever suspected she was a girlfriend . |
| 12 | They did a great deal of damage to vineyards , roads , bridges and houses and threatened the villages of St Alfio , Fornazzo and Macchia . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the pilot of Beyond Our Ken was listened to by the BBC mandarins , who decided they liked a great deal about it and decreed it would definitely become a radio series . |
| 14 | Despite their distinctiveness , they had a good deal in common with the other upper-class groups ; and they were an important source of loans for the growing group of entrepreneurs . |
| 15 | There is not much evidence of a determined drive by the Communists to control NICRA and even less that they had a great deal of influence . |
| 16 | Thus , older workers were more than twice as likely as those under 40 to say that they had a great deal of respect for the top management at the firm ( 72 per cent ) . |
| 17 | They had a great deal of trouble |
| 18 | Max Jacob and Modigliani were always assumed to be good friends ; they had a great deal in common . |