Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It erm I suppose released a great deal of pressure that seemed to have been building up . |
| 2 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
| 3 | Erm sir I I think this is clearly You 've heard a great deal about this |
| 4 | ‘ You 've endured a great deal , especially yesterday . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've met a great number of very interesting people , ’ he murmurs . |
| 6 | ‘ But they 've done a great job . |
| 7 | Young looked at Burton on the set and said to the make-up man , ‘ You 've done a great job . ’ |
| 8 | You 've done a great job on the interiors . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I think you 've done a great job here . |
| 10 | ‘ In the past 50 years we 've done a great deal of abolition . |
| 11 | But then , of course , in the last year we 've seen a great deal of each other . |
| 12 | ‘ Anne — Miss Miggs , ’ began Christine breathlessly , ‘ we 've made a great discovery ! |
| 13 | but I mean other than that , I , I , I 'd like to be dead cautious about that , I , I still think it 's early days , I know we 've made a great success , but it 's early days . |
| 14 | They 've made a great start , but five shots after one round is nothing in this tournament . ’ |
| 15 | I 've made a great deal of progress , as you can see . ’ |
| 16 | You 've uncovered a great story — a great story . ’ |
| 17 | Although we 've advanced a great deal in the last fifty years , we still have a way to go and our self esteem is lower than men . |
| 18 | We 've got a great selection of mail order gifts , and they 're all under £25 ! |
| 19 | PLUS , we 've got a great competition for you . |
| 20 | We 've got a great range of popular Club 18–30 holiday destinations , from the beautiful Balearics to the gorgeous Greek Islands , tantalising Turkey , the captivating Canaries and fabulous Florida ! |
| 21 | ‘ I 've got a great idea . |
| 22 | Well I mean I ca n't say enough for the people in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary , I mean they 've got a great burns unit there and I mean er er I think the plastic surgeons and what knot are about they must be some of the best in the world . |
| 23 | Then after a year in Israel doing research on migrating birds of prey — ‘ I 've got a great story about that , mate . |
| 24 | We 've got three at home and three away , but I always say that not many games have ever been won on paper , and I still think we 've got a great chance . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They 've just said you 've got a great backside — and from a West Indian that 's the highest compliment you can have . ’ |
| 26 | He said : ‘ We think we 've got a great potential that we have n't tapped in the past . |
| 27 | The trouble is , in the middle you 've got a great gulf of lack of information , and predicting in those |
| 28 | We 've got a very good set up erm my mechanic Mick Day is coming back again tomorrow ; I 'm picking him up from the airport , so that 'll be three years with him and erm I can rely on him to sort of get things ready and erm you know , we 've got a great set up and really I can just concentrate on trying to be erm world speedway champion this year . |
| 29 | You 've got a great body ; it 's a crime not to use it . ’ |
| 30 | They really must realise that time and time again being equivocal on defence when you 're on the left of centre means that voters somehow do n't vote for you , and I think they 've had to learn this lesson yet again and I only hope that by the er December elections in West Germany the Social Democratic Party who I 've got a great deal of er sympathy for on most social issues will be firm and clear about a united Germany not being neutral and within NATO . |