Example sentences of "they [was/were] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were a lot of car for the money , too , remember , with character and a few of the rough edges that are inevitable with a true specialist car . |
| 2 | Indeed , his account of their interests gives the impression — and perhaps gave the same impression to Lanfranc — that they were a lot of old gossips chattering about wonders and miracles and gifts of relics , when they should have been engaged on more serious religious observances , or on the studies laid down in the Rule . |
| 3 | ‘ Ed said they were a lot of kooks . |
| 4 | With all due respect , my dear Irina , they were a lot of barbarians in those early days . ’ |
| 5 | Well they were a lot easier , pliable . |
| 6 | ‘ They were a lot richer than most people round here and had more status . |
| 7 | They were a lot weirder than I was . ’ |
| 8 | And they were a lot angrier . |
| 9 | They were a lot of money . |
| 10 | The other time I remember was when William the chromium platers in Street ye got bombed , with a high explosive bomb , but there was , there was no one hurt that I remember , and then the Halleys the tent people had an incendiary bombs and got burnt out , at the same night that they dropped some incendiary bombs on the bus depot in Road , they , they were a lot of work for the fire brigade , but comparatively speaking with , with Birmingham I think Walsall got off very lightly as regards the bombing , as there was no heavy industry around here . |
| 11 | Oh they were a lot more than that were n't it ? |
| 12 | I think historically although you know historians can much better than me , erm historically maybe the way that the rock has been worked with a bagging system and it was you know and lots of quarry men had little bits of farm as well around Blaenau especially and you get a feeling er from reading about it that er you know they have a an almost self employed attitude to their to their work and their rock and the fact that er they 'd do it in their own you know wor work the rock in a certain way and this and very sort of proud erm of their work and that and From talking a lot to them and being close to you know it you feel that that that 's still very much the same really you know there is this sort of close relationship and that with their em employers there was you know a lot of you know was n't it was n't straight it as straight as you said a straight employer employee relationship that they was A lot of s sort of er give and take probably and I think they were outraged at this sort of McGregor type tactic really that you know this new machine . |
| 13 | But the things paddling enthusiastically towards them were a lot bigger than ducks . |
| 14 | And although some of them were a lot less well-off than they had been , they still seemed to get away with most things , feeling not the least need to prove themselves , she supposed , like herself and Lizzie Braithwaite , and Maria Colclough , and Ethel Lord . |