Example sentences of "had a great " in BNC.

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1 Hawksmoor , who had already had a great deal of experience as an architect , was brought in as clerk of works and it is quite likely that the design was by both men .
2 Conran asked this manager to carry out a feasibility study , the result of which convinced him that Habitat should move into France , a country for which he has always had a great fondness .
3 Leeds has always had a great market tradition : the original Penny Bazaar , forerunner of Marks & Spencer , was founded in the city in 1884 by Michael Marks .
4 Kylie told the magazine reporter : ‘ I 've had a great family life and have n't had the sort of problems she encountered .
5 Remember , you 've still had a great season . ’
6 Her father had always had a great deal of time for the Sally Ann .
7 His nature had been over-mature and he had been focused so much on his career that he had never had a great deal of time for his family .
8 Some buildings are larger and better known than others , and have had a great deal of publicity ; others are perhaps more modest in both scale and workmanship , but still deserving of attention as an important part of the local scene .
9 Although these have had a great deal of success in calculations of nuclear masses and shapes , recent laser experiments have produced some results that do not agree with them .
10 One woman , who took up a new career in midlife , described how her mother , who had always had a great appetite for life , now seemed.to live through her .
11 This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously .
12 If he approaches the fun level achieved by Gary , they he will have had a great year .
13 If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all .
14 If I 've had a great day and I 've been playing a lot and I feel real confident , it sometimes does n't come together on stage at all .
15 Having just lost out to Alan Alda in 1966 for the forthcoming Broadway comedy The Apple Tree , directed by Mike Nichols , but nonetheless now confirmed as a top off-Broadway character actor , Dustin landed the lead in Livings ' Eh ? , which had had a great success at the Aldwych Theatre , London , in Peter Hall 's Royal Shakespeare Company production exactly two years previously .
16 This was Tom Chalmers , who had already had a great influence on the development of broadcasting in Nigeria and was later also to have a major impact on the development of radio in Malawi , Zambia , Botswana , Lesotho and Swaziland .
17 ‘ But we 've had a great laugh , in fact it 's like a holiday in the north .
18 ‘ He has had a great number of stitches inserted in the eyelid and underneath the eye in an effort to keep it closed and avoid further damage .
19 ‘ By the time I 'd got to Surrey , ’ says Shaun of the trials and tribulations of recording ‘ Yes Please ’ , ‘ I 'd had a great time in Barbados letting off steam and everything .
20 Ok , so you 've had a great Christmas , but if your New Year 's resolution is to get back into shape then you 'd better check out Kathy Smith 's new Workout videos .
21 HE HAS had a great run .
22 ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League .
23 You and I have had a great time over the last 32 years … most of the time .
24 Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time .
25 He continued to hope that he and the king could work together and , strangely enough , he seems to have had a great deal of personal sympathy with the king .
26 Such work is starting to have an effect in feminist psychology , but it has already had a great influence on feminism .
27 The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit .
28 They have lately had a great deal of it .
29 An occasional past thought recurred : New Zealand have never had a great combination of fast bowlers to rank near the likes of Lindwall and Miller , Hall and Griffith , Larwood and Voce .
30 So , though I had a bad time , well I had a , I 've had a great life since !
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