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.