Example sentences of "[verb] on a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , she went and got the Deputy Head and she was a bit upset about it , and then after that our biology group was chopped right down , more or less cut in half , and most of the boys went somewhere else to do their biology while the rest of us stayed with that teacher and we got on a lot better then , you know . |
| 2 | It goes on a lot better than Amy 's . |
| 3 | tell me about taking bearings , what do you do , let's give you an example , of some bearings to take , erm , and then you can tell me what you 're doing , so there 's a point there , and we 'll call that erm , P , just to be awkward , now let's say what we 'll do , this is what we 'll d , this is a typical problem in fact , erm , I 'll even draw that line on for you to start with , yeah , here 's the problem , a ship is sailing due North , okay , and when it 's at the point of A it takes a bearing on the lighthouse , so the lighthouse is somewhere , do n't know where it is , but bearing of L from A is forty five degrees , and the bearing of L from B , which is when the ship has sailed on a lot further |
| 4 | Mum and I get on a lot better these days . |
| 5 | It 'll be a good three months before she shows , and , with skilful dressing , she could go on a lot longer . ’ |
| 6 | In the beginning Marian took on a lot of criminal work and admits wryly that the ‘ old lags just thought they 'd led me have a try ’ . |
| 7 | While approaching the Firth of Forth the ship took on a lot of water during bad weather . |
| 8 | Tamati has taken on a lot but life from here should not be dull for Salford 's long-suffering support . |
| 9 | He had a lot of sympathy for the girl , she had taken on a lot and was doing it well . |
| 10 | Time would have to drag on a lot longer than it had . |