Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 2 | But I 'm told on this day , May thirteenth , thirty seven years ago , and that should bring back a lot of memories for many of you , the Three-Ninetieth flew its hundred and fifth combat mission from this station and many of you remember that day . |
| 3 | But when he came into the picture it had been cast and the script had been done , and he did bring about a lot of changes . |
| 4 | We could see off a lot of those sides , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 5 | The fact we do n't splash out a lot of money is good management . |
| 6 | But , he maintains , if you do n't throw up a lot of worthless ideas you are unlikely to come up with sensible ones either . |
| 7 | The son of Topsider did make up a lot of ground in the closing stages , but by then it was far too late . |
| 8 | Does it set up a lot of directories ? |
| 9 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 10 | I would have thought romance would take up a lot of your time . ’ |
| 11 | An office or interview room can take up a lot of expensive display space . |
| 12 | ‘ I tried to get a £1,000 overdraft from my bank , but they tried to make me take out a lot of loans . |
| 13 | Words such as ‘ unsown ’ and ‘ snow ’ or ‘ star ’ and ‘ stir ’ , along with many others like each other in this way make this a poem without the reader being aware of any rhyme which would take out a lot of the emotion . |
| 14 | Now , a lot of those frustrations would be alleviated by the fact that our callers go through a switchboard , who will take out a lot of the frustrations by doing some detective work before the call actually gets to you . |
| 15 | ‘ But we would like to see dog owners registered — a move we feel would cut out a lot of bad apples and would also make much rescue work unnecessary . ’ |
| 16 | Research does not argue with this , but it does cut out a lot of hard work by providing evidence on the best methods , treatments , or products available from which you can begin to make choices and evaluate the effectiveness of care given as a result . |
| 17 | For many people that sort of price for a piece of software which will cut out a lot of laborious typing will appear to be a snip . |
| 18 | It 'll be a good three months before she shows , and , with skilful dressing , she could go on a lot longer . ’ |
| 19 | And I mean I think that if it was spread more I mean if if if people locally gave more to bereaved in their own areas , I mean it would go down a lot more good there . |
| 20 | Well , I think a lot of what happens in the academic world is , and my guess is the fundamental reason they get away with it , is that young people wo n't buy much , spending their own money on it , and I think if they were , you could n't serve up a lot of the crap that passes for higher education today . |
| 21 | And did your wage go up a lot when you 'd finished your apprenticeship ? |
| 22 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 23 | I liked to dress up and go out a lot . |
| 24 | He did go out a lot . |
| 25 | I do n't have a social life , I do n't go out a lot , because first of all I have a lot of work to do . |
| 26 | If you 're fighting Dwarfs , who you know will stand around a lot waiting for you to come and get them , then a few rounds of bolt fire from two or three machines can soften them up nicely . |
| 27 | I imagine that if you were a member you can , you can get in a lot easier and a lot cheaper . |
| 28 | I suppose if you 're buying by the thousands the price 'd come down a lot , but when we were only buying about , you know , forty odd plants |
| 29 | ‘ If the middle tier marketed themselves better , they could pick up a lot of business . ’ |
| 30 | Right One of the things that er we try to pass on is that you 'll pick up a lot of information which may not be relevant to you but may be relevant to members of your family or friends . |