Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] done a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Citroen has done a lot of work in this area , starting back with the BX and this is now paying off with insurance quotes across the model range . ’ |
| 2 | Erm if the car has done a lot of mileage , will you get a lot of money for it or will you get less money ? |
| 3 | ‘ The contractors had done a lot of the work , but we had to go over some of it again , including painting the wooden treads on the stairs just to make sure it was right , ’ he explained . |
| 4 | Bob McMillan , managing director of Honda Racing , said : ‘ Joey has done a lot for us over the years and he thoroughly deserves this gesture . |
| 5 | HUSSEY has done a lot of good at the BBC , making it more accountable . |
| 6 | The lad has done a lot for the club out in the middle and in the dressing room , but has n't answered our prime need — someone to knock over the opposition . |
| 7 | Luis Vargas , an Archuar Indian , said that Indians no longer wanted British Gas on their land and were no longer prepared to negotiate with the company , " British Gas has done a lot of damage in our forest " he said . |
| 8 | But IBM France , Spain and Italy have done a lot of work on the technology . |
| 9 | But in the past 10 years physiological and pharmacological laboratories around the world have done a lot of research on acupuncture . |
| 10 | What has been achieved by 3i over the years is a very clear demonstration that the banking system has done a lot to help the growth of small and medium-sized businesses . |
| 11 | The new Chaplain had done a lot of good work and was given back up by the other Chaplains . |
| 12 | But the breathless battering of the shower had done a lot to sluice away the weariness and discomfort of the past couple of days , and perhaps she felt bold enough to try . |
| 13 | He is an excellent carpenter and the couple have done a lot of DIY throughout their home . |
| 14 | I 'll talk to you about one of his experiments to give you a sort of flavour of it , although other people and himself and others have done a lot of interesting work that 's similar . |
| 15 | Yes , middle class women have done a lot for the ‘ Women 's Movement ’ but does she really think that us working class women have been sitting on our arses doing nothing all this time . |
| 16 | Phone cards have done a lot to alleviate the problem , but British Telecommunications Plc is required by its licence to maintain coin-operated public telephones as well , and the company reckons that smashing and entering of the cash boxes costs it £19m a year — and if you think that it 's all just casual vandalism , think again — the company told the Daily Mail that there was actually a man offering courses on the best ways of clawing open the boxes quickly and easily — he charged £80 for the course , and then took the best pupil out for a test run around the local boxes . |