Example sentences of "[noun] and [adv] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr O'Malley , of the Parents ' Association , having arrived to see what they had got for their money , stood with the rest of the interested parties , Mr Sylvester and Mrs Bean and Mr and Mrs Singh and quite a lot of the Sports Committee . |
| 2 | In fact I think you can probably still pick them up in antique shops and second hand shops and probably a lot of people have still got some . |
| 3 | Cos Grant 's got lots and lots of books and quite a lot now but she loves books and she takes care of them as well . |
| 4 | I think that 's true of the women , but of course an awful lot of our young men erm come from all boys ' schools and quite a lot of our young women from all girls ' schools , so this is the first time , when they get to Oxford , that they are interacting with each other , on a day-to-day basis I should say , and I think that in itself will they are not sure how to act towards each other and there 's going to be confusions . |
| 5 | There were flocks of moulting eiders and quite a lot of goosanders in the bays , as well as a number of turnstones in their smart ‘ tortoiseshell ’ breeding plumage along the shores . |
| 6 | When I arrived back I found that there had been very little press coverage and quite a lot of disbelief . |
| 7 | We sorted all the papers I brought from ex employers and quite a lot of other stuff too , and I have put out several sackfuls of old paper and so on … |
| 8 | Overall , the results do suggest that high taxable rates have some impact on men 's working hours and quite a lot of impact on women 's . |
| 9 | It takes so much of your time , 15–20 hours a week from February to October and sometimes a lot more , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He was in the Navy and away a lot of the time . |
| 11 | ‘ We wanted people to enjoy an afternoon in the pub without alcohol and hopefully a lot of them went away reassured . ’ |
| 12 | You need the skill of a violin maker and also a lot of strength to work with timber frames . |
| 13 | Hopeful youngsters clashed with old timers playing out their last few seasons in the reserve leagues , which were as competitive as the first-team games and often a lot tougher . |
| 14 | So there were going to be four months of hard training and probably a lot of violence . |
| 15 | The later Range Rover , although slightly higher geared than the old model and quite a lot heavier , should do more than 50 mph in third . |
| 16 | Another Assynt man who knows these wild places , at all levels and in all weathers , is Tom Strang , mountaineer , author , angler , naturalist , ornithologist and quite a lot else besides ; a man of boundless energy with great enthusiasm for Assynt and the outdoor life . |
| 17 | and enter Scotland and a lot and then a lot came back from Scotland down to North and there was |
| 18 | four point six you 've got quotation letter and actually a lot of our quotations are actually faxes . |
| 19 | The Greeks discovered electricity and quite a lot of them were AC-DC as well . |
| 20 | Moreover , Mr Andrew Jones was a neat dresser : he spent a lot on his clothes and quite a lot on Emma , but little on herself . |
| 21 | HE has been called spiv , ticket tout , sport 's shadiest wheeler-dealer and sometimes a lot worse . |
| 22 | Anyway , at the party , there was the aristocracy of the land and quite a lot of celebrities and of course , David and his group turned up in scruffy jeans . ’ |
| 23 | they then go back to their office and unfortunately a lot of what other people in the office are doing are taught |
| 24 | Not on that evening , but long afterwards , Nicandra was to understand something of Aunt Tossie 's efforts for this celebration : this party for her darling , into which she had thrown heart and soul and quite a lot of money . |