Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , a derisory vote , after a contest creating a lot of thoroughly unhelpful aggravation . |
| 2 | If not we draw it all out in cash which is gon na be a drag carrying a lot of money round Colchester |
| 3 | ‘ People have tried to make it sound complicated and sophisticated but pulling it together is really just hard work involving a lot of discussion , ’ said Robert Ure , associate director with Sedgwick in Scotland . |
| 4 | Andy would like to see canoeing increasing a lot but it needs marketing outside the trade through the national media . |
| 5 | The M25 , that 's very busy now between junctions 16 and 15 , that 's the M40/M4 sheer weight of traffic and an earlier accident causing a lot of congestion around that area , so allow extra time for your journey if you 're heading that way . |
| 6 | As a customer , reading the label will help you decide whether to buy a product — that is , whether it suits your needs ( for example , someone on a diet might not want to buy a product containing a lot of sugar ) . |
| 7 | I recall some years ago that a young postgraduate student who was designing a schedule containing a lot of attitude questions had his schedule internally tested at this stage by a number of people and practically every question he had put was a double one . |
| 8 | Nellie seemed to drift through each day starting a lot of things and never finishing them , and doing an awful lot of washing . |
| 9 | We 're doing the same thing here , we 've got a , a low resistance letting a lot of current in , letting a lot of current go through . |
| 10 | ‘ Look 'ere , Mister Know-all , ’ he said in a confident voice , ‘ I 've bin doin' a lot o' finkin' an' I 've put meself about . |
| 11 | Now available in paperback ( Sidgwick and Jackson , £14.99 ) it is a well-illustrated volume containing a lot of previously unpublished material , mostly extracts from diaries , letters and taped interviews . |
| 12 | Let's assume you 'll be just a general-purpose chippie , doing jobs like building stud partition walls , laying floorboards and perhaps making fitted furniture using a lot of man-made boards . |
| 13 | Liam Miller , the producer , sounded a cautious note later , saying the spectacular had been a £2.5 million operation involving a lot of time and resources . |
| 14 | through sexual abuse , and I think we spend a lot of our time , and I think even for teachers , we spend a lot of our time undoing a lot of the damage of helping young people , undo a lot of damage that 's done by sex . |
| 15 | Paul had been a real find so far , and she knew it would do his professional standing a lot of good if he could design the whole hotel complex . |
| 16 | United then began to pile men forward as they had to , Simpson causing problems down the left , Phillips again in mid-field winning a lot of ball , but of course United leaving a few gaps at the back , and just before the finish , four minutes before the finish , that man Gascoigne put the game beyond United 's reach , giving Spurs a four two victory . |
| 17 | The Lazio star , pictured left carrying a lot of extra poundage on his way to Rome two months ago , has shed more than a stone in weight since his £5.5million summer move from Tottenham — but he must wait a few more weeks before he returns to serious competition . |
| 18 | She seemed to believe that the truth was great and would prevail , so why waste time spinning a lot of fancy theories ? |