Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean she does n't does n't see a lot of her erm you know and but she and she was talking to her the other day because she does n't like to get involved or say a lot but |
| 2 | If you are a large family , or cook a lot , you should definitely look for a machine with a scrub cycle so you are not always hand-scouring pots and pans . |
| 3 | the South of France they said in the paper they eat a lot of butter or cook a lot |
| 4 | We talk or hear a lot about free expression . |
| 5 | Scarlet should either stop drinking now or drink a lot more : she was never actually troublesome when she was intoxicated , but she could get argumentative and tedious . |
| 6 | However , if you are leaving the house very early or have a lot to do before you leave , even this will not be possible . |
| 7 | Little things that mean a lot |
| 8 | It 's a little bit unfair I think as well to generalize , on sponsored members of parliament because , you know as well as I do , on some of the issues that have been very very important to us , not the sort erm , er the sexy issues that head , hit the headlines , but issues that mean a lot to our members , our sponsored members generally do work very , very hard . |
| 9 | In , in many ways there 's , well there 's as well is that repeat a lot of the things that are said |
| 10 | The prime minister and his advisers will sometimes want to do things that cost a lot of money ; the Treasury will want to rein back . |
| 11 | So much so that I could easily believe I was dealing with a guitar that cost a lot more than this . |
| 12 | I thought crumbs I bet that cost a lot ! |
| 13 | Little extras that look a lot of fun |
| 14 | The trend in CAD is away from ‘ number crunching ’ systems that use a lot of computer memory . |
| 15 | ‘ Nurses are involved in jobs that require a lot of coordination and cooperation with others , so an individual 's role is very much dependent on other people . |
| 16 | The two can be used separately — only one line is needed for an ordinary conversation or data transfer — or they can be used together for applications that need a lot of line capacity , a videoconference call , for example . |
| 17 | Interest groups that are large and diffuse will tend to be dominated by small , tightly knit groups that have a lot to gain ( Peltzman , 1976 ) ; thus these will often , though not inevitably , be the producers ( for a counter-example see Wenders , 1986 ) . |
| 18 | Then he saw a policeman near him , so he began to sing and shout and make a lot of noise . |
| 19 | Soapy began to sing and shout and make a lot of noise . |
| 20 | The male babies were encouraged to explore , to bang things and make a lot of noise and generally be more active . |
| 21 | They feel you have to endure great anxiety and suffer a lot and of course while you 're doing that , you do n't get the work done . ’ |
| 22 | I have windows broken at regular intervals and suffer a lot of abuse and foul language when I ask them to move . |
| 23 | ‘ And gain a lot , too , ’ Fritz said , with a warmth glowing beyond loyalty . |
| 24 | Big people who weigh a lot and eat a lot tend to shed weight very easily and speedily when they start cutting down on calorie intake . |
| 25 | I know for a fact I 'm not cos all I 've done all week is sit on my bum and watch telly and eat a lot . |
| 26 | Someone else might realize : ‘ I dream and idealize a lot , because I was left so much to my own company . ’ |
| 27 | These were much the best performances I have heard from him , and say a lot for the state of Horndean , Petersfield and Rogate Choral Societies , from whom the Festival Chorus were drawn . |
| 28 | And this is how Freud explains Wilson 's inability to stand up to the other men , like Woodrow , like Cle Clements or Lloyd George , who were rather aggressive , and er , were , were kind of pushing all the time , what they could out of the , out of the peace settlement , and what , er the book shows , is that Woodrow Wilson would have confrontations with them and say a lot of fine words , and then the next day , he would , he would give it all away , as it were , he would , he would be ill or he 'll backtrack , or when the actual agreements came to be signed , he , he would n't do what he said he would , er , wh what he did . |
| 29 | I would get mad when I put the phone down and cry a lot , but certainly I would n't get mad with her . ’ |
| 30 | And dramatize a lot . |