Example sentences of "[vb -s] take a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't find out until after I 'd taken the lease on , but the department store on the corner has taken a lot of our casual trade . ’ |
| 2 | Now listen answer the question I asked you , answer the question I asked you , she has taken a lot of drugs in the past , not Prozac . |
| 3 | as you know with dint of great effort , got er , the er , scheme off the ground , which has taken a lot of , all of us a lot of hard work , er , and we 're proposing other schemes at Bexford House . |
| 4 | Closer to home the constant noise through the night has taken a lot of people in Abingdon by surprise . |
| 5 | But this first night has taken a lot of work . |
| 6 | It has taken a lot of chef 's skills away but it speeds everything up . |
| 7 | Evergreen Gordon Strachan added his vote too , saying : ‘ He has taken a lot of stick and I know that feeling ; that sick-to-your stomach feeling after a costly mistake , like a missed penalty . |
| 8 | A person with impaired hearing has to take a lot more strain than people with normal hearing . |
| 9 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 10 | erm it does take a lot of effort to move over to meeting them as individual people , and once you 've understood that they are individual people and you get to know their interests and get to know your common humanity , then that 's the point where you want to get on and do something more , but it 's very difficult to recognise the common humanity , and a lot of |
| 11 | But it also brought a smile to manager Brian Horton , and I was thrilled to bits for him because he 's taken a lot of stick over recent results . |