Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was still involved in commercial work , I also used to foster kids ’ , he says , ‘ and , consequently , got to know a lot about the care system . |
| 3 | ‘ We got to know a lot of interesting things about your way of life and your education system — and we found many similar things . ’ |
| 4 | We were on the ground floor of the flats , and we got to know a lot of them as neighbours as well as some of them as clients . |
| 5 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 6 | And then on the other hand , I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities , and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of youth club type evening provision in the town . |
| 7 | He seemed to know a lot about female mysteries and I wanted him to explain . |
| 8 | In fact the chronicle succeeds in having its cake and eating it , all the way back to the stir caused by Nicholas Stavrogin 's arrival in ‘ our town ’ , when it is recorded among other things that he seemed to know a lot — ‘ But of course it did n't take much knowledge to astonish us ’ . |
| 9 | He said this kind needed gentle handling ; he seemed to know a lot about barometers , and to be delighted with his purchase . |
| 10 | There were two Catholics from Northern Ireland who seemed to know a lot about the British Army . |
| 11 | He seemed to know a lot about the business . |
| 12 | The gipsy seemed to know a lot about Thornfield . |
| 13 | He was shot trying to stop some guys who came to steal a lot of our money . |
| 14 | In contrast , the few children who kept in touch with a birth parent or members of the birth family seemed to draw a lot of satisfaction from occasional communications or meetings . |
| 15 | He was still in his Union job and seemed to do a lot of travelling . |
| 16 | Friendship , they seemed to share a lot of common interests and projects together |
| 17 | ‘ The car seemed to turn a lot . |
| 18 | Punishments generally seemed to get a lot more severe whilst I was there . |
| 19 | Yeah I think they had their own little meetings in various pubs or whatever after our meetings , and certainly the management in one of the quarries seemed to have a lot of information about what went on in our lodge meetings because of various members of this clique , I think we were all fairly sure that they would be returning to work , it was just when that was the crunch . |
| 20 | We certainly all seemed to laugh a lot . |
| 21 | ‘ It seemed to take a lot of counting up . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It seemed to need a lot of explaining , then and later . |
| 23 | Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people . |
| 24 | That seemed to defuse a lot of tension , ’ said Roy Beavis . |
| 25 | A disappointing album from a band who at one time seemed to show a lot of promise . |
| 26 | ‘ It seemed to mean a lot to her , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The take-over of Mothercare , despite the fact it was three times the size of Habitat , seemed to make a lot of sense . |
| 28 | Astronomers noted that the archaeology was interesting and archaeologists said that the astronomy seemed to make a lot of sense . |
| 29 | Not that it seemed to make a lot of difference . |
| 30 | During my blue period my life also seemed to become a lot more structured than it had been for a while . |