Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 2 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 3 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
| 4 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 5 | ‘ She very kindly invited me to lunch and she has given me a lot of useful information . ’ |
| 6 | Now I 've had a few in succession , it has given me a lot more confidence . |
| 7 | So you believe either that Americans are prone to think conspiratorially or that their government has given them a lot of unbelievable explanations for incredible conduct . |
| 8 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 9 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 10 | The tape you sent us has given us a lot of nostalgic pleasure . |
| 11 | Mentally it has done him a lot of damage . ’ |
| 12 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . ’ |
| 13 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . |
| 14 | Now Would you say that seeing the T V adverts for special issues has made you a lot more likely to buy them , |
| 15 | ‘ Jane has told me a lot about you , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Last year 's alumni survey has told us a lot . |
| 17 | What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway . |
| 18 | Should a victim die , they could find their good samaritan act has cost them a lot more than the penny which was paid to the Jericho-Jerusalem Motel . |
| 19 | I mean I think shrinking the broadsheet width has spoilt it a lot . |
| 20 | The case has caused us a lot of grief . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Dr Darnell , ’ he began as soon as he had introduced himself , ‘ I know that Sergeant Channing has asked you a lot of questions already , but in your position as co-ordinator here , you 'll appreciate that your help is very important to us . |
| 22 | ‘ My mother has mentioned you a lot in her letters , ’ she said at last , deciding that honesty was the only policy , if she was going to smooth over accusations made in the heat of the moment . |
| 23 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
| 24 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |
| 25 | This was a great pose , she 'd practised it a lot with the mirror . |
| 26 | The matron of a residential home , talking about a doctor who she felt was reluctant to visit said it would have been helpful if the person who died had been visited more often : ‘ It would have given her a lot more comfort and the staff a lot more confidence . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It would have saved me a lot of trouble . ’ |
| 28 | McGrath said : ‘ It could have done us a lot of good to have been beaten so heavily at Coventry . |
| 29 | Maradona is not the player he was and Gazza would have found it a lot tougher facing him at the height of his powers in the Eighties when Argentina won the World Cup . |
| 30 | I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place . |