Example sentences of "a lot [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not a lot to go on . ’ |
| 2 | There was n't a lot to go on but , whatever little there was , he did n't want the scent to go cold . |
| 3 | But it 's you can I know you think it 's a lot to take in |
| 4 | Did you have a lot to finish off ? |
| 5 | United 's record is n't a lot to sing about , but they deserve some cheers for the way they keep plugging away and its not always they 're fault . |
| 6 | " We 've got a lot to talk over . |
| 7 | I had a lot to sort out . |
| 8 | I wanted to go with her but she said she had a lot to sort out with Fernando and would rather be on her own . ’ |
| 9 | As the Empire player you have a lot to draw on . |
| 10 | Andrew Blaikie , 17 , on right , an aviation enthusiast , has a lot to grin about , and a double reason for looking forward to the coming year , writes ALAN DRON . |
| 11 | There were whole sequences of effects — rotating stone idols , descending ceilings with protruding spikes , moving plant vines whole sequences which , on a feature film , would cost a lot to set up , and take weeks , possibly months , to film . |
| 12 | Trinidadians , disgusted by their violence ( they captured Mr Robinson and shot him in the leg ) , nevertheless reckoned that poor people had a lot to grumble about , as the government slashed away at public spending to rectify past extravagance . |
| 13 | ‘ That sounds like a lot to live up to , ’ Kathie says , with a smile in her daughter 's direction . |
| 14 | As far as validation is concerned , there does not seem to be a lot to live up to . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought : ‘ I 've got a lot to live up to ! ’ |
| 16 | You guys have a lot to live up to . ’ |
| 17 | its 40 years since the jaguar c types scored their greatest victory in the legendary race and the new look jaguars have a lot to live up to … |
| 18 | Gordon Fairweather has a lot to live up to . |
| 19 | INDUSTRIAL development staff at Sunderland 's civic centre and town ( or should that be city ) hall have a lot to live up to . |
| 20 | This bruiser 's called Tyson — that 's quite a lot to live up to . |
| 21 | Secord remembered how they would get ‘ sermonized ’ , and how ‘ we had a lot to live down before we could do business . ’ |
| 22 | Though it is dead the minute it leaves the scalp , your hair has a lot to put up with . |
| 23 | The women in the village say , ‘ Poor Elizabeth , she has a lot to put up with , with that big old house and Angharad , and Hywel working so hard on the farm ’ , but their eyes gleam as they speak and they do not like her . |
| 24 | Since I started walking railways I have been amazed at how many other people do it , so the poor farmers potentially have a lot to put up with . |
| 25 | ‘ But , you must admit , I did have a lot to put up with today . ’ |
| 26 | She 's had a lot to put up with . |
| 27 | You see Grant has got a lot to put up with . |
| 28 | She 's had a lot to put up with . |
| 29 | The feeling is , I think , that it 's a lot to spend on only four boys . |
| 30 | This is not to say that teachers do not have a lot to worry about with the implementation of LMS . |