Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have got to go to work with a lot of of of er tension and pressure on us . |
| 2 | Because of the size of the data this is a large commitment to space which is only worthwhile where a large number of people want to look at a lot of the data . |
| 3 | and that er , you know , has lead to a lot of misery in some cases , er , also I mean there 's question of viability of our own scheme and I er , think er you know , er there are a number of questions which I as a lay-man would like to be , you know , I think the seminar is probably the right to do that . |
| 4 | ‘ The order has led to a lot of interest in other parts of Europe . ’ |
| 5 | what has happened to a lot of these hospitals has n't it ? |
| 6 | I 'm also an alternative therapist and I do find that this is one of the major problems , that ninety percent of my patients who come to me suffer from stress and depression , and really what has happened in a lot of cases is that they have been put on valium and drugs , they find the side effects are horrific ! |
| 7 | As far as I 'm concerned I think Sarah has put in a lot of objections and all to do with and I do n't know whether there is any answer at all , I 've just got two in my bunch . |
| 8 | She has to get through a lot of work but always accept interruptions . |
| 9 | She 'd got into a lot of trouble over many little things , for instance , her clothes in the changing room were being thrown down in a pool of water , and was soaking wet , she had to take them to matron to be dried , matron was cross . |
| 10 | One calf saved pays for a lot of training , and this is particularly so in the case of a precious bloodline . |
| 11 | Leicester have had to cope with a lot of injuries in the early part of the season the most serious blow the loss of Steve Walsh . |
| 12 | Although it is a good idea to make several copies at a time of your c.v. , especially if you are going to apply for a lot of jobs ‘ on spec. ’ , do not get too many done at once . |
| 13 | As regards size , to come to the second point , the Government amendments still seem to contemplate that sixteen should be the norm er but in practice , I would expect a great many exceptions to be made where for example there are number of constituent authorities er as in Greater Manchester er where there 's er a combination of urban areas and large rural areas , or where the authority tends to function through a lot of sub-committees each of which have to be manned as in Greater Man as in Merseyside . |
| 14 | You know cancel any of your big debts because it 's going to help your budgeting if you know that you 've got rid of a lot of er |
| 15 | I 've had to put in a lot of stitches . |
| 16 | It looks like she 's going to last for a lot more than that . ’ |
| 17 | If someone is going to put off a lot of their own money in order to get into parliament , we can , then we can hardly trust them to look to the general interests once they 're there , they 'll want a return on their investment of some sorts . |
| 18 | ‘ It is experience that is going to count for a lot , ’ he forecast . |
| 19 | ‘ And that I have had to get through a lot of long silences with both of you . ’ |
| 20 | Really the only reason I could think of when it 's you know it is important to put things on paper are really like the last three bits that we talked the last three things we talked about which detailed information would need to be there so people can read it when you know it 's got to get to a lot people not all in the same place at the same time or when it 's you need a copy . |
| 21 | I think this is the problem that is going to arise with a lot of teachers responsible for art courses … who 've been quite accustomed to sending their work off to be marked by somebody else , now they 're suddenly going to be faced with mounting and displaying the work , making some judgments themselves and justifying their work . |
| 22 | Because er as far as I 'd concerned I 'd never heard of air raids before hand you know , know I had n't and I was , as I say , I was only nine and a half I know but er , I did use to speak to a lot more people than most , er lads of that age did like , you know . |
| 23 | Now you , if you get rid of a lot of , of a lot of the rubbish right ? |
| 24 | So everything 's there , printing presses repro separation houses , sheet film , computer set up and Apple Macs and everything is there , it 's actually a very impressive set up erm , the Queen Margaret 's course , I 'm slightly dubious about I once had a colleague I 'm going back a decade who had been employed on the basis of doing the communications course at Queen Margaret I think , and it turned out that it was n't communications as we understood it , it was n't our sort of communications P R newspapers and things like that , it was communications on a much broader , broader front so it did n't actually fit in to the world of P R and what happened was I then had to sit down and train this woman from scratch and get rid of a lot of the preconceived notions that she had come in with she had brought from Queen Margaret 's College . |
| 25 | And so the issue the discussion has focused on , from where I 'm sitting , seems to have focused on is , you know can one afford to let loose a strategic policy and could such a policy be written in a way that it would work for inward investment attraction without being a a Trojan horse as you know letting in a lot of other nasty things . |
| 26 | We 're gon na make it safe cos when you 're the door you can actually walk in the door and and get clobbered with a lot of bales I feel so we 're gon na make that safe . |
| 27 | A member of our group had this to say about the writing of this paper : ‘ It will be worth doing if it gets read by a lot of people . |
| 28 | I mean , the the one that 's , I suppose talked about a lot nowadays is A I D S , and there are some drugs , that have , will not cure A I D S , but will slow down , not the progression , but the regression that takes place with A I D S |
| 29 | One thing I must emphasise though is that you will have to put in a lot of leg work and effort to find these places . |
| 30 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |