Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 2 | They had met once while on holiday , and not only was Dustin Hoffman a great fan of Sting , but he had written a song which they performed together . |
| 3 | You are only catering for the mindless buffoons who find Simon Fanshawe a greater stimulus than Shakespeare . |
| 4 | Within Tuscany by Matthew Spender Viking , £16.99 I OWE Matthew Spender a great debt of gratitude . |
| 5 | As it happened , I was between Mayor Houde and Leveque ; as soon as the crowd that filled the stadium recognized the person of Mayor Houde a great roar of boos and hisses started up and I became slightly alarmed . |
| 6 | The whole operation caused Mrs Singh a great deal of anxiety . |
| 7 | In 1533 the Company of Leathersellers offered Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn a great banquet to celebrate Anne 's coronation on Whit Sunday in Westminster Hall . |
| 8 | Is it not clear from that information that not only was the Gulf war a great success in military terms , but that the financial outcome was also most satisfactory from the point of view of the United Kingdom ? |
| 9 | Demons and angels flew through the air ; there were wonderful scene-changes ; there was a great storm in Erminia and at the end of Sant' Alessio a great cloud descended and then opened to reveal the glory of Paradise . |
| 10 | THE children of St Albans , Macclesfield gave Bishop Gray a great greeting when he arrived on his pastoral visit . |
| 11 | ‘ I gave Bishop Casey a great bit of advice , which he did n't take : I said he should come home now , and he should write a book about his side of the affair and give all the proceeds to charity . ’ |