Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hundens Lane resident Ian Haszeldine said members of the allotment association had taken a lot of criticism about the way their land was kept . |
| 2 | Benny had to tell a lot of little lies in order to be allowed out late or indeed at all . |
| 3 | Polly 's parents had entertained a lot , and dinner for up to twenty people two or three times a week was not unusual . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Tunney had made a lot of friends along the way , until his travelling money ran out . |
| 6 | Harry Wills ' campaign had caused a lot of soul searching . |
| 7 | The place had changed a lot since last time . |
| 8 | His pride was shared by the rest of the family who were there in the front pews behind them — Hana , with little Jitka in her arms , Uncle Mick , who looked so much older all of a sudden , Carmella , who was much the same , but Joey had lost a lot of his old sunny quality and slumped sullenly in his place . |
| 9 | Among the possible destinations there was Switzerland , where the Shah had spent a lot of time ( and a lot of money ) on his ski holidays . |
| 10 | Auctioneers had to do a lot of behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing just to get $100,000 aircraft to sell . |
| 11 | Rab had dropped a lot of weight . |
| 12 | Stephen had drunk a lot of champagne , and red wine . |
| 13 | She smiled as she recalled that Mrs Aggie had sworn a lot whilst that was being done . |
| 14 | The lump on my head had lost a lot of weight during the night and after five minutes under a tepid shower I was n't feeling too bad . |
| 15 | Blanche had spent a lot of time , relatively , on her make-up . |
| 16 | One had just won her school colours , and the other had raised a lot of money for the Endowment Fund by collecting empty jam jars . |
| 17 | Pilger had kept a lot of these letters , which had moved him deeply . |
| 18 | The baby had helped a lot . |
| 19 | Her flat had suffered a lot of damage in the autumn gales and some of her recent writing had been totally destroyed at the first-draft stage . |
| 20 | The girls , Diana and Mary Rivers , had to work as governesses , as their father had lost a lot of money in business . |
| 21 | There was plenty of salad stuff at least , her father had brought a lot with him . |
| 22 | He said that the Supersight people had put a lot of money up front , and this was his share and plenty more where that came from . ’ |
| 23 | The woman had groaned a lot as if in pain . |
| 24 | Emily had read a lot of magazines , she knew that it was perfectly possible for a girl with Nan 's looks to rise to be the highest in the land . |
| 25 | In recent years , fraud cases involving professionals had received a lot of publicity in Scotland , but there had also been a surge in mortgage and cheque frauds , primarily at the expense of banks . |
| 26 | These girls had learned a lot from their peace camp . |
| 27 | The spokeswoman said the centre had received a lot of complaints from women in the catering industry , concerning pay and conditions . |
| 28 | Well she she told me that your M E type symptoms had got a lot worse and I said that 's we had at That 's what I chatted with her about the other day but |
| 29 | He said Darlington had attracted a lot of new companies and businesses and if the town was downgraded it could actually deter others from coming to the town . |
| 30 | At the time of writing , the situation had become a lot calmer , though it had only been a couple of weeks since Stan received his first injection . |