I Saw Swan Gees & different kinds of Ducks in great numbers also a Beaver house.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

“I was still happy while I dressed, but as I came downstairs I got nervous, and when I went into the dining-room I knew it was no good.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

But what dost thou do?' 'I go North again, upon the Great Game.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

gulpi a 1 be done in great numbers at one time.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Now when the child was seven years old and had grown very big, he once went to play with some other boys, and each of them boasted that he had got more from his godfather than the other; but the child could say nothing, and was vexed, and went home and said to his father, "Did I get nothing at all, then, from my godfather?"
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

But provisions were extremely scarce, the men deserted in great numbers, and the British officers were often seen on the ramparts, doing duty as sentinels.
— from A History, of the War of 1812-15 Between the United States and Great Britain by Rossiter Johnson

Scurvy is rampant among the natives; children, owing to lack of proper food, are dying in great numbers, and dysentery and typhoid are very prevalent.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree by Louis Creswicke

He had in readiness a body of men at arms well mounted, who rode at full gallop among the archers, and as they had no weapons save their bows and arrows, which they could not use when they were attacked hand to hand, they were cut down in great numbers, and thrown into total confusion.
— from School Reading by Grades: Sixth Year by James Baldwin

The Negroes of the city die in great numbers, and the funeral is all too common a function.
— from Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York by Mary White Ovington

He assured me he remained six days without again playing, having with difficulty recovered from his astonishment, not to mention a natural aversion he had for this sort of insects, nevertheless he began afresh to give a concert to these animals, who seemed to come every day in greater numbers, as if they had invited others, so that in process of time he found a hundred of them about him.
— from Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances. by Frank Cowan

It was due to the investigations of this great Englishman that the date of the construction of the temples was fixed at the beginning of the seventh century of the Christian era, and subsequent investigators (prominent amongst whom must be placed Dr. I. Groneman, now and for many years resident of Djocjakarta and Honorary President of its Archaeological Society) agree in accepting this period as authentically proved from the ruins themselves.
— from Across the Equator: A Holiday Trip in Java by Thomas H. Reid