Example sentences of "we [vb base] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lose a lot of credibility when this happens . |
| 2 | " Well , " he said , " we think we lose a lot of aircraft , because we have been monitoring quite a — few they just disappear from the radar screen 50 miles off the coast , sometimes more , sometimes halfway across the sea if they are making a dash far Flamborough Head . |
| 3 | As it was I think we upset a lot of our own supporters , and others in the country , without any real gain in the long run . |
| 4 | Oh and we eat a lot of baked beans |
| 5 | Yes , indeed , yes , yes , mind you , we make a lot of Guinness in , in Acton you know , |
| 6 | We make a lot of ice cream |
| 7 | We make a lot of computers and things like that do n't we ? |
| 8 | We sell a lot of our tours through the concierges and we see nothing wrong with that . |
| 9 | We sell a lot of them . |
| 10 | We gain a lot from working with the children . |
| 11 | I mean we have dealings with solicitors for all sorts of things , asking for reports and we send a lot of notes away to have a lot of er medical opinion reports and they take ages to come back . |
| 12 | There 's a lot of talent among these youngsters and we expect a lot of them . ’ |
| 13 | We expect a lot more customers to take advantage of the price cuts . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps there was some amount of crafty deception here , as he explained to the National Defence Association : ‘ By not insisting on military drill we catch a lot of boys who would otherwise have no idea of coming into the education that we are trying to give . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Our membership spans all ages , and we focus a lot on teaching basic water safety , rescue , and life-saving drills , ’ says Karen Stead . |
| 16 | But we wanted this album to be right , so we took our time , organised it all carefully , waited until Dave was available , and together we put a lot of thought and effort into it … ’ |
| 17 | This personal touch made us really enthusiastic about our hampers and our gifts as we put a lot of thought into them . |
| 18 | ‘ We put a lot of money in and we want to maximise on our investment — and Nigel , perfect for us , is a major part of our future . |
| 19 | So we put a lot of food and drink on the boat , and the next morning , we waited for my master and his friends . |
| 20 | But some of the children there erm , somebody must have been very , very , optimistic because we put a lot , a lot of presents in there , but anyway I think it was a superb night , and , and , and the meeting of er , to get together in the fire station afterwards , quite , in the Price Room was very good . |
| 21 | Erm now if you lose one of those people cos we we put a lot of emphasis on you know , high quality training , erm then that money is just wasted . |
| 22 | ‘ We also have a lot of young people and we hold a lot of tupperware parties in young peoples ’ homes . |
| 23 | And we consume a lot more than our parents did , though the proportion of income we spend on food is just 12pc compared to a third 50 years ago . |
| 24 | We attract a lot of new housing er requirements for new housing development er commuting is patterns have significantly changed . |
| 25 | The academic , intellectual types also have a cultural background and are interested in aspects of the arts , and erm we are very fortunate , I think , also in that people are able to give more time than perhaps business people , and so a number of the members of the committee are university people and we are able to use the Gardner Arts Centre , which has become quite an exciting area , in that it 's open to experimental production , so therefore we attract a lot of the London critics . |
| 26 | We owe a lot to Tom who still has a fondness for his kites , although he is better known in the 1990s as the creator of the GeoSphere Project , a spectacular image of the Earth produced from over 2000 satellite images . |
| 27 | Yes , we owe a lot to life 's sowers . |
| 28 | ‘ We read a lot these days about school and industry partnerships but I am pleased to say that ‘ partnership ’ is not a new word to us , ’ said Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary , Harold Bolter . |
| 29 | We hear a lot about returning to Victorian values . |
| 30 | Erm , we hear a lot about the holocaust that happened to the Jews in the second world war but not so many people know a lot about the holocaust that has happened to women over centuries and centuries where millions of women were burnt as witches , but er , just because they were women ! |