Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] a lot " in BNC.

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1 I 'm sorry , you have been subsidizing me rather a lot lately . ’
2 Recently I have noticed my fiancé 's brother is showing me rather a lot of attention .
3 I often notice him looking at me and paying me rather a lot of compliments .
4 We did get them better a lot of them at any rate .
5 But some of my friends would never tell their brothers a thing like that ; their brothers put them down a lot .
6 the water clean else it erm Do you clean yours out a lot ?
7 We can actually er use various actual computer equipment er open systems er recently new development as well which basically a lot of companies have been inputting their share resources to develop this area .
8 Weight and size are n't big factors in a species in which not a lot is decided by fighting .
9 Yeah he 's debauched himself quite a lot judging by his voice .
10 I thought I 'd have to give you back a lot more money .
11 ‘ I 'll hope to see you there a lot .
12 Ten minutes spent in this way could well save you quite a lot of time in the long run .
13 Some food names tell you quite a lot about what 's in the food , provided you know a lot about food law !
14 This is why it does throw you quite a lot if another actor forgets his move , because it churns up in your brain the sequences you 've worked out and are expecting . ‘
15 It 's just that your father and I … well , we thought he was a very pleasant young man , and he seemed to like you quite a lot . ’
16 But his interests appear to remain firmly with the purchasers ' ‘ needs ’ — and pockets — as he advises : ‘ If you want to buy a girl from one of the escort firms it will cost you quite a lot .
17 Well it it tells you quite a lot , but it does n't actually mention that bit .
18 Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink .
19 The internal-combustion engine probably chews them up a lot more than anything that 's gone before , but the Patients themselves do n't alter .
20 keep telling me they 're putting them up a lot in the budget .
21 As I 'm not the person to answer you very little to get , I 'm get into something quite a lot , you know ?
22 I always think of er as I say new bread always brings me back a lot of memories .
23 Beautiful part of the world , you know , maybe that 's exactly what you wan na do , you wan na kick out Wolverhampton and go for Mytholmroyd particularly if you 've got a house or if your father 's got a house there which is there maybe a lot , a lot , a lot going for it but you 're looking for this long term prospects
24 They like a lot of meat
25 I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months .
26 Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money .
27 ‘ Annie 's been chatting to him quite a lot , lately .
28 She admitted then she might have liked him quite a lot .
29 ‘ I like him quite a lot . ’
30 Erm but dad visits him quite a lot .
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