Example sentences of "[adj] a lot [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dorcas had given this a lot of thought as teams of nomes sweated to pry the lids off the paint-streaked tins . |
| 2 | One is , none of the departments are resourced to give this a lot of attention , and secondly we have been waiting for further guidance from the Government on the outcome , particularly from local government , in respect of agenda twenty-one . |
| 3 | Nowhere near big enough for him to finance the war on his own , especially as he gives such a lot to charity . |
| 4 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 5 | Asked why she thought Melmotte had spent such a lot of money , Lady Carbery said , ‘ because he thought he could conquer the world by it and obtain universal credit . ’ |
| 6 | I nearly fell through the floor because I did n't know what owning such a lot of money was like before . |
| 7 | Tariq , to his credit , said we should take out as many pictures as we could , and taking them out cost 70 which at that time was ever such a lot of money . ’ |
| 8 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 9 | Either this plaster board holes or whatever the house well the trouble is it costs such a lot of money |
| 10 | ‘ We 've had such a lot of fun with her , ’ Pauline says with obvious affection . |
| 11 | I really do n't like driving , I just think its such a lot of work involved in it |
| 12 | They make such a lot of work . ’ |
| 13 | There 's such a lot of work goes into them . |
| 14 | ‘ Those visitors of hers always make such a lot of noise ! ’ could mean that the old gentleman wants to take his nap ; but it could also mean he feels left out and would welcome something to do . |
| 15 | that 's how Catherine gets such a lot of stuff by post she , she actually |
| 16 | And you know it is amazing what you can achieve really by you know there is such a lot of scope really . |
| 17 | There was always such a lot of scope in hospitals , certainly far more than in the Army sick room . |
| 18 | ‘ Never heard such a lot of nonsense , ’ said Angalo cheerfully . |
| 19 | As I say the problem with the tucking in on that one is there 's not quite such a lot of length . |
| 20 | no wonder we 're going through such a lot of paper |
| 21 | It 's such a lot of smoke . ’ |
| 22 | As a breed we take up such a lot of room . ’ |
| 23 | And I remember being called to Caernarfon once , during the time , asking me why did I have such a lot of surplus of points . |
| 24 | I 'm so sorry to cause such a lot of trouble but I did n't know what else to do . ’ |
| 25 | Such a lot of trouble ! |
| 26 | I 've never been used to doing that and it makes such a lot of difference when you actually speak to the people . |
| 27 | Absolutely it makes such a lot of difference that 's right , yes |
| 28 | There 's been such a lot of faff about so |
| 29 | and the doctors was selling them to rich Romanians and things like that so there 's such a lot of corruption in the country . |
| 30 | During the nineteen seventies a lot of research work was done on distributed database technology by such people as I B M , Digital , and other database pioneers such as . |