The trees say this effort will take a great deal of time.

It took a good deal of effort and money to bring you down here.

It doesn't take a great deal of analysis to see why.

I took a deal of trouble both for the child and the mother.

It takes a great deal of time, but you have that.

"Taking a bad deal is not what the voters sent him here to do."

It will still take you a great deal of effort to do that.

Or perhaps he took a great deal of it on credit.

Neither girl took a great deal of interest in me.

Everyone took a great deal of interest in this bright red thing from the outside world.