Example sentences of "[verb] a lot [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , so it cost a lot to get him half way across the world , but money does n't mean much if you ca n't use it wisely . ’ |
| 2 | His pace slackened when they entered a lot filled with cars . |
| 3 | er the audience contact when you were actually stood up in the front and you 're there on your own just getting a little bit of feedback from the audience itself er does help and then the playback which erm I think it helped a lot to see how you faired particularly on that fir first attempt what areas you had to concentrate on to rectify your problems . |
| 4 | A committee at the Ministry of Labour had also worked out with industrialists methods of shifting the hours of work to avoid the winter peak times , and this load spreading helped a lot to contain industrial peak demand at these crucial times . |
| 5 | , oh , it did make you sneeze a lot did n't it Digger ? |
| 6 | ‘ People who say a lot do n't normally do a lot . |
| 7 | I 'm just waiting for a man to knock my door and say well , you know , cos you can fined a lot do n't you ? |
| 8 | If you give that to somebody for a present , it looks a lot dun n it ? |
| 9 | Though it is dead the minute it leaves the scalp , your hair has a lot to put up with . |
| 10 | The women in the village say , ‘ Poor Elizabeth , she has a lot to put up with , with that big old house and Angharad , and Hywel working so hard on the farm ’ , but their eyes gleam as they speak and they do not like her . |
| 11 | Andrew Blaikie , 17 , on right , an aviation enthusiast , has a lot to grin about , and a double reason for looking forward to the coming year , writes ALAN DRON . |
| 12 | I think the present Government has a lot to answer for . |
| 13 | Elvis has a lot to answer for . |
| 14 | Adrian Boswell , it seems , has a lot to answer for . |
| 15 | Myself and Parco Polo seeks meaning in what it does to us , and it left me thinking that the late Italo Calvino has a lot to answer for . |
| 16 | Time is relative — and Einstein has a lot to answer for . |
| 17 | The technique throughout is nearly always good , sometimes splendid but , oh dear , the subject matter : twee little harbours with neat fishing boats , oast houses ( Rowland Hilder has a lot to answer for ) , Highland lochs and flower arrangements are the main preoccupations . |
| 18 | The cutting comes from a feature on breweries , and it seems that HO 2 has a lot to answer for : ‘ although TT myself , my lab friends frequently described local beer as rodent or feline effluent . |
| 19 | That woman has a lot to answer for . |
| 20 | Jean Nicot , the French ambassador to Portugal who sent tobacco seeds back to the French court in 1560 , has a lot to answer for ! |
| 21 | Alliterate : witty Whicker 's wonderful way with words has a lot to answer for . |
| 22 | STEPIN FETCHIT has a lot to answer for . |
| 23 | Er I think that advertising has a lot to answer for , er we have this er , you know on cigarette 's there are so many notices and yet we get all this hype in television ads about cars , well cars are basically to get you from A to B and er there should be restrictions in advertising and try and get away from this macho image that the car has , its in , its a necessity of life its not something which alters your ego . |
| 24 | Noel Coward has a lot to answer for . |
| 25 | ‘ Your sister has a lot to answer for ! ’ |
| 26 | That workman has a lot to answer for , I can tell you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ General Bonaparte has a lot to answer for . |
| 28 | The army has a lot to answer for . |
| 29 | In Charles 's case , Montesquieu has a lot to answer for . |
| 30 | Nicola had no clean works — i.e. a fresh hypodermic ( the AIDS scare has a lot to answer for ) — and so was staying on the dope : ‘ stay low ’ coming from one of the government 's laughably ineffective drink/driving campaigns . |