Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I like to look smart so I tend to wear a lot of jackets with trousers or skirts . |
| 3 | ‘ We got to know a lot of interesting things about your way of life and your education system — and we found many similar things . ’ |
| 4 | We were on the ground floor of the flats , and we got to know a lot of them as neighbours as well as some of them as clients . |
| 5 | ‘ When I was still involved in commercial work , I also used to foster kids ’ , he says , ‘ and , consequently , got to know a lot about the care system . |
| 6 | We normally expect to see a lot of people on a Friday but they 're just not coming through the doors |
| 7 | ‘ You want to know a lot about them , do n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | This airworthy Mitchell , which has been grounded within the Museum for the past five years , is expected to attract a lot of interest from the Australian warbird community . |
| 9 | A major raffle , for a two-week holiday in Florida and other top prizes , is expected to attract a lot of support . |
| 10 | Of course we want to generate a lot of sales and to broaden the market for fiction with our customers , but the whole point of the promotion is to widen the market for authors who have n't previously broken through . |
| 11 | Law-making , and law-changing , being a public responsibility to which everyone has to give a lot of time . |
| 12 | The ability of soil to support plant life is an extraordinarily involved and technically complicated science , and although you do not have to become a scientist in order to grow roses well , you do need to use a lot of judgement in all sorts of situations . |
| 13 | But no we were n't expected to do a lot in the house . |
| 14 | She has to do a lot of standing . ’ |
| 15 | Not like her , Maggie , she has to put a lot of effort into looking nice . |
| 16 | ‘ At home , I want to sleep a lot of the time . |
| 17 | When you want to contact a lot of people |
| 18 | They would allow people that they thought they could trust to accumulate a lot of debt on it . |
| 19 | If the air traffic controllers want to save a lot of anguish then they should close for the night . |
| 20 | I think in a community one does come across practical snags , like for example the differences become very marked between the businessman who goes off at eight in the morning and comes back at six , week in week out , year in year out , with perhaps sort of three or four weeks holiday , and the university men who appear to be around an awful lot of the time and appear to have a lot of holiday . |
| 21 | I want to have a lot of money in the bank . |
| 22 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 23 | Whereas in Northamptonshire the tutor-organiser saw himself as a professional liaising with other professionals in areas where voluntary participation was barely appropriate , his colleague in Essex was apparently expected to spend a lot of time in routine organising work which voluntary members could readily take over when she eventually resigned . |
| 24 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 25 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 26 | She was n't mean about it , she was very grateful to have someone to talk to and I used to try to spend a lot of time with her just to cheer her up — you know , walk the dog with her and go shopping — just do all the things that would help . |
| 27 | Career : Expect to spend a lot of time being told exactly what to do . |
| 28 | I 've lived in this town long enough to know that when people are talking about a picture in a certain way you do n't need to spend a lot of money on hype , just a little in the right media and the nominations start piling up . |
| 29 | It would be a good idea to develop a formula for using this kind of programme so that you know precisely what kind of item you are looking for and , if you can arrange for a regular supply , you do n't need to spend a lot of time viewing it to work out how you are going to use it . |
| 30 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |