Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
| 2 | Monika said yesterday : ‘ He needs to go a lot further for me to be happy — but these letters are certainly a start . ’ |
| 3 | Law-making , and law-changing , being a public responsibility to which everyone has to give a lot of time . |
| 4 | She has to do a lot of standing . ’ |
| 5 | Sunsoft admits that it has to do a lot more work modifying Solaris 2.0 for Intel than it thought . |
| 6 | Not like her , Maggie , she has to put a lot of effort into looking nice . |
| 7 | Yes , I know it looks like an inverted yacht and that the garde that the D series was avant never materialised , but a production-line car which combines such a ridiculously optimistic view of the public 's aesthetic sensibilities with so much understanding of daily long-distance driving has to have a lot going for it . |
| 8 | Kahn says UI can no longer be a ‘ beacon ’ and needs to get a lot more aggressive . |
| 9 | A person with impaired hearing has to take a lot more strain than people with normal hearing . |
| 10 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 11 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 12 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 13 | The vehicle tends to wander a lot and , with a caravan on the back , is even worse . |
| 14 | It also tends to attract a lot of magic since this is about the only thing your opponent can rely on to slow it down . |
| 15 | Many men feel a very great sense of despair and discomfort upon entering what used to be their home with their wife , but what is now a house that seems to demand a lot of time-consuming work . |
| 16 | Less than a fortnight later a panic call from Mrs Brodowitz revealed that Anita was engaged to a man she had known for only two days — ‘ a real Cockney , who appears to have a lot of money ’ . |
| 17 | As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala-pad . |
| 18 | ‘ He seems to think a lot of you . ’ |
| 19 | It seems to have a lot to do with how rapidly our twentieth-century world has changed , particularly in the West . |
| 20 | ‘ But he seems to have a lot of good ideas aimed at taking Forest back to the Premier League and I 'm happy to be part of that . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 'E always seems to 'ave a lot ter say fer 'imself . ‘ |
| 22 | But what I do n't like is that Hilary Frome seems to spend a lot of time with him . ’ |
| 23 | Meanwhile , Bill Gates seems to feel a lot of his Windows NT business will be upgrades . |
| 24 | This book serves to confirm a lot of prejudices : why is Dutch graphic design so dreadfully small and fiddly ? |
| 25 | You ca n't hear a thing , deaf as the , deaf as a post , and does n't wear any thing , I feel it 's very one side conversation because he , he says all the talking and they ca n't muck in almost unbearable , cos she likes to talk a lot to and she could n't get a word in because |
| 26 | A colour changer will appeal to anyone who likes to use a lot of colour or different yarn textures when pattern knitting . |
| 27 | Erm Likes to spout a lot and is never happier than when he is chewing up all the small fry in the world . |
| 28 | Yet Michael Caine still manages to spend a lot of time with his wife . |