"great" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He is said to have spent over £200 a day on the great retinue of knights he brought to the tournament of Lagny-sur-Marne in November 1179.
- Then the prince called his courtiers about him and set off with a great retinue to seek a bride.
- It was here that the biblical Queen of Sheba loaded "a very great retinue, with camels bearing spice and very much gold" for the journey to King Solomon's court.
- He attacked the Hedge from the northwest, and he had brought a great retinue.
- The position became largely defunct in the 20th century, as few households needed or could afford great retinues of servants with the elaborate hierarchy of the past.
- And he built up a great retinue.
- The Northern Administration operated under a system which Twitchett and Tietze called "essentially a great tribal leader's personal retinue".
- Noy Dow had found since his arrival here that the mandarin had a much greater retinue than the outside world supposed.
- And as they were sitting at the marriage-feast, the music suddenly stopped, the doors opened, and a stately king came in with a great retinue.
- The Duke of Betand with a great retinue will arrive.
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