Example sentences of "great [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says : ‘ I 'm not a great one for names and visitors often tell me what my flowers are called . ’ |
| 2 | The Inspector is a great one for statistics ; he likes to see cases finished and closed down . ’ |
| 3 | The grandfather was a favourite with the neighbouring children too , ‘ a great one for stories ’ , and in the summer would sit them on a seat outside his door , ‘ not only his own grandchildren but other children about , listening to the tales he used to tell , about old Dumfries ’ : of the murderess Mary Timmony , for example , the last woman publicly hanged in Dumfries . |
| 4 | He was a great one for singing because he 'd sing sea shanties and Irish songs . ’ |
| 5 | The year of 1980 turned out to be a great one for British sprinting . |
| 6 | Sheridan was n't a great one for jokes . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not a great one for carting them all around the country , so Will only contests about a dozen competitions a year ’ . |
| 8 | She 's a great one for idle gossip though . |
| 9 | ‘ Mrs Chadwick , ’ Celia learned , 'was a great one for roses ' , and ‘ Mr Chadwick , he liked his veg . |
| 10 | She was a nice lady , and when her husband was alive he was a great one for the shooting and the fishing , though there is not much fishing here on Moila . |
| 11 | I 'm a great one for putting a bit of cerulean blue in my green areas , but other painters add other colours , like red . |
| 12 | But my mother 's never been a great one for housework and I think my standards are probably like hers … as long as things do n't get filthy , I 'm happy , but a lot of people would n't be satisfied with that . |
| 13 | Great one for a bit of Christmas cheer , old Fred was . |
| 14 | He had suggested the landscaped grounds of an eighteenth-century house , noted for their expression of the picturesque : ‘ I 'm not a great one for stately homes , but you can have a good walk there . ’ |
| 15 | She come here , she used to come here with her man , you ken they were tramps , but er she , she was a great one , she used to , she belonged to the West Highlands , and she was a great one for quoting the , the kind of |
| 16 | The , after the school I was never one for er I never was a great one for sport . |
| 17 | Although I did go and watch the rugby , I never was a great one for , and I , I used to swim quite a lot . |
| 18 | As she nodded he went on , ‘ Alison was a great one for desk diaries and pending files . |
| 19 | Tyrone Guthrie was a great one for comic business , and it was amazing to see how Michael picked it all up . |
| 20 | I 'm not a great one for chips and and fish |