Example sentences of "'ve had a lot [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We 've had a lot about politics this morning , and if the Labour Party wants to mobilize working women many of them who did n't vote Labour at the last election here is a ready made campaign to take into the next election .
2 Hm , well you 've got a , you 've had a lot for your birthday have n't you ?
3 I could n't believe that anyone could love me and a lady equally , although I 've had a lot of experiences since and I 've known a lot of men and a lot of women since who have loved both sexes .
4 It 's covered with dust and the road 's dry underneath , although we 've had a lot of rain . ’
5 ‘ We 've had a lot of interest from Europe and America .
6 ‘ We 've had a lot of interest from Europe and America .
7 ‘ We 've had a lot of conflicting information from over there .
8 I 've had a lot of thoughts , but have n't set myself exactly what I want to do .
9 ‘ We 've had a lot of interest , ’ says Milton Serret , who runs the company .
10 I generally take two at a time , but then I 've had a lot of practice .
11 Anything to do with geometry unless you 've had a lot of practice and you 're very good at it , you can finish up wasting time .
12 During the hot summers I 've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit .
13 ‘ I doubt it , ’ muses Carl , ‘ but I admit we 've been lucky and we 've had a lot of coverage .
14 We 've had a lot of problems .
15 ‘ We 've been terribly lucky because we 've had a lot of help with everything we needed for Rachel .
16 ‘ Another thing that we 've had a lot of use from was the baby bouncer ; it 's the type that hangs on the door frame .
17 I 've had a lot of bother with a wee bit of red blisters
18 Well er I had a lot of friends here and there , and when I 've had a lot of photos to develop for them , and then when I got everything done , you felt a sigh of relief at getting it all done .
19 He 's been on the sauce basically but he 's kicked the habit and he says of kicking the drinking habit I 've had a lot of help and a lot of good counselling , in the end it 's up to me .
20 I 've had a lot of falls in my time .
21 earlier , we 've had a lot of calls on this on er , the best way to deal with house guests who inflict themselves on you over Christmas , have you ever had any horror stories yourself ?
22 Pam , most of the morning papers of course , have had er , glowing tributes , quite rightly so , to Danny Blanchflower , we 've had a lot of people on this morning saying that we 'll never see his like again .
23 Yes we were told they 're going to be trees like that because they 've had a lot of trouble with pigeons roosting in the erm the mature trees and it 's impossible for people to sit on the benches underneath cos of er pigeon mess .
24 ‘ We 've had a lot of positive feedback from the people of the Borough and even a letter of thanks — something which is almost unheard of in our business ! ’
25 Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself .
26 ‘ I doubt it , ’ muses Carl , ‘ but I admit we 've been lucky and we 've had a lot of coverage .
27 Er , I ca n't say definitely yet , because the meeting comes up after this meeting , but I 've had a lot of positive noises .
28 We 've done relatively well in the past couple of years because we 've had a lot of petrol pumps , because of the new , the opening of the big supermar the , the supermarkets where there 's thirty , forty pumps go going , we make a fair bit of money in that way .
29 ranging from when I went to Leeds to that seminar and there were people excited about the Festival and you know , two weeks before the Festival speaking to Jane in London , said oh we 've had a lot of you know and I said well I 'll get back to you in September and tell you
30 Oh I li well I , I 've had a lot of moves dear in my time I tell you I , first of all when I first got married I lived at Bishop 's Stortford , then from Bishop 's Stortford I went to erm Stansted in rooms cos I , you know we could n't get a place and from there I had one of my sons oh hello time , eleven o'clock just struck what 's the day ?
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