Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a lot [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I think she has done a lot to help the plight of animals , ’ commented Delia . |
| 3 | Ray has had a lot to do with that . ’ |
| 4 | And the make has got a lot to do with it . |
| 5 | You see Grant has got a lot to put up with . |
| 6 | Yes , I know it looks like an inverted yacht and that the garde that the D series was avant never materialised , but a production-line car which combines such a ridiculously optimistic view of the public 's aesthetic sensibilities with so much understanding of daily long-distance driving has to have a lot going for it . |
| 7 | A little while ago it come too much for me cos I 'd got a lot to pay . |
| 8 | erm I go along with what erm Simon said about Paul , I 'm I thought at one time that they would go for Cox and him , to be perfectly honest , he 's absolutely right on what he said , and I 'm sure they 're relying on the fact that I believe Paul is going to be a home track and they 're going to pick a lot points up at home . |
| 9 | ‘ You seem to have a lot to say , ’ said Silver . |
| 10 | The economy has been so strong in the last few years it 's going to take a lot to bring it down . ’ |
| 11 | Cos you did n't know whether they 'd had er you know had a lot to drink or had a load of drugs and start going on the rampage or something . |
| 12 | When she was hurt she put herself out of reach ; Caro knew that by now , and she would have given a lot to undo the conversation . |
| 13 | Thank you for your clever verse About your favourite side ; It 's written well — I ‘ ve read much worse , Your cause , besides ; But now you ‘ ll know that Craven Cot Will still be there for you ; We ‘ ve tried out best , we ‘ ve done a lot To make your dreams come true . |
| 14 | She did n't have to do a lot to get results . |
| 15 | As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala-pad . |
| 16 | It seems to have a lot to do with how rapidly our twentieth-century world has changed , particularly in the West . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't seem to have had a lot to smile about just lately . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
| 19 | ‘ But , you must admit , I did have a lot to put up with today . ’ |
| 20 | I think it did have a lot to do with the status that being different conferred , for in spite of the austerity of our childhood , we believed that we were better than other people , the food we ate being a mark of this , because our mother told us so — so successfully that even now I have to work hard at actually seeing the deprivations . |
| 21 | Yes , you did have a lot to say for yourself , did n't you ? |
| 22 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 23 | ‘ As I said , ’ Lucinda smiled ruefully , ‘ I do have a lot to learn . ’ |
| 24 | Fourth , and you did n't , I mean you did n't seem to have a lot to pick from . |
| 25 | He 's got his teeth into this , he 's angry and he does n't seem to have a lot to live for really . |
| 26 | People like Ms Pamala Klein would seem to have a lot to answer for . |
| 27 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |
| 28 | Cos we 've done a lot have n't we . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've done a lot to make sure that our equipment is safe ( it complies with British Standards 5750 and 5696 ) , but you do n't want the playground to be too safe or there 's no fun or adventure involved . |
| 30 | I think you 've got a lot to answer for . |