Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | The word Freedom was being bandied about a lot at the time and meant many different things . |
| 2 | The three piece leather does make for a lot of stitching at the sides and this suffered quite badly after a few days on rough moraine . |
| 3 | No because , I applied for a lot of jobs |
| 4 | The psychology of the patient is something that Michael Chapman thinks about a lot . |
| 5 | ‘ Lola is very powerful and very sensitive and she goes through a lot of changes . |
| 6 | I told you they sold for a lot of money . |
| 7 | They had to go through a lot of blocks . |
| 8 | And that goes for a lot of businesses ! |
| 9 | If you and I were doing it you you 'd think about a lot |
| 10 | They are very happy places and they make for a lot of happiness with parents too I think . |
| 11 | I was quite interested in erm a study done by a woman , Mary Bolton , erm the actual work that was done and the sexual division of labour within the home , and in fact she looked at some of the previous studies that had been done and came up with a result that actually erm when men did some it was regarded as a lot , of housework , erm and that when you actually went back to count the number of hours and the number of minutes , you discover that men were doing very , very little . |
| 12 | ‘ George Graham has been very supportive in the last few years , during which I 've come through a lot of problems . |
| 13 | That is why a third principle will also count for a lot in 1991 . |
| 14 | But her endorsement should count for a lot . |
| 15 | Continuity in marketing can count for a lot , but not if consumer attitudes are going through a sea change , and BMW 's light-footedness in launching the 3-series earned it the brand of the year award for durables . |
| 16 | With long straights and blind brows often hiding corners , experience counts for a lot . |
| 17 | ‘ Local knowledge counts for a lot … we hardly pulled out the maps [ in New Zealand ] , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Attention to detail counts for a lot , and attention to detail is what you get with one of Michael Pedulla 's instruments … |
| 19 | And your knowledge and understanding of the child counts for a lot . |
| 20 | Out here , being white still counts for a lot . |
| 21 | There 's an immediacy and drama about it , and the fact that I can control the entire process from pressing the shutter right through to the dry print counts for a lot . |
| 22 | And we for our part think that this counts for a lot . |
| 23 | I do n't get tired unlike some of the other drivers and experience counts for a lot in this sport |
| 24 | Whether you are out of work and applying for a lot of jobs , or in employment but looking to change , there is only any point in applying for positions where you have a real chance of being successful . |
| 25 | But it 's tr it 's true in most , if you do clinical medicine erm er ophthalmic optics you do n't get to play with the patients until quite a way on , and most of them do n't even get a chance to observe for a lot of it . |
| 26 | He does n't approve of a lot of things . |
| 27 | either we want like a lot of money , |
| 28 | er and the man was sitting there at a looked like a lot of |
| 29 | So we were caught like a lot of other people in not predicting just how fast and how far the land sales er prices would actually go down . |
| 30 | Frustration with the ineffectiveness of words lies behind a lot of physical violence . |