Example sentences of "[prep] a lot [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleen was not going to be rushed and after a lot of thought she decided to go to stay with friends in England to think things over . |
| 2 | Er , I moved the original motion , and the thinking at the time was , after a lot of discussion , that eight one as it appears on the agenda , to maintain the estate at around it 's level was the correct decision . |
| 3 | ‘ After a lot of soul-searching , I have told the selectors I am available , ’ he said in July . |
| 4 | The Cross-Rail and channel tunnel high speed link are at nothing like the state of preparedness of Jubilee Line , that 's going ahead now after a lot of work , er th it it will not be the case er it that you can do either of those very quickly , Cross-Rail 's only just started going through the House of Commons . |
| 5 | To try and generate some more interest in aviation we looked into starting a project that was relevant to the area and after a lot of research we came up with a Flying Flea . |
| 6 | Er they wanted to charge us eighty pence per transaction , and after a lot of argument we managed to pin them down er at er ten pounds for the at at the rate of two pounds fifty per quarter . |
| 7 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 8 | Gloucester had four first teamers out too … so it was still a realistic test … the second half was so kind to the cherry and whites as the welsh side came powering back … their only score was a try by Ford which came after a lot of pressure … 16-5 the final score the final verdict comes from coach Keith Richardson … |
| 9 | After a lot of effort it wriggled most of one arm free . |
| 10 | She went over and helped him up and offered to buy him breakfast which , after a lot of persuasion , he accepted . |
| 11 | The next Saturday , armed with my pocket money , I waited for about an hour before the cheap-jack came to the knives , which after a lot of spiel were offered for sixpence — all I possessed . |
| 12 | In the first place there are devices designed to present a digest of a lot of map information mainly as an illustration . |
| 13 | it 's a hell of a lot of water |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd like a new member of staff to know they are there to help people who ca n't help themselves and they also must have one hell of a lot of patience ! |
| 15 | There 's a hell of a lot of luck in cricket , you know . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Entirely up to you — if he goes there , it will cost you a heck of a lot of money . |
| 17 | ‘ They 're got a fuck of a lot of money . |
| 18 | He spends a hell of a lot of money irrigating so he can grow roses . |
| 19 | But it 's a hell of a lot of money . |
| 20 | Which is an hell of a lot of money compared to your |
| 21 | And if you volunteered for five years I know you got fifty pound for that which was a hell of a lot of money , a year 's wage in some peoples ' eyes that was you know . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , he had refused to take the bet since it was a heck of a lot of money in those days , was fifty quid . |
| 23 | Well , cos it was in town , it was nearer to shops , and erm I 'd heard that keeping Balloon Woods ' flats warm was costing people a hell of a lot of money . |
| 24 | So the , they 're , the old people have been been done o out of a lot of money . |
| 25 | ‘ Do you realise you probably have information which , if offered to the right people , could make you one hell of a lot of money ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a hell of a lot of money — even I boggle at it sometimes . |
| 27 | and that was a hell of a lot of money . |
| 28 | Well it would have been a hell of a lot of money . |
| 29 | Well they would move them round this fella himself , but it 's gon na be a hell of a lot of money to get them to do that . |
| 30 | Right , now we 're way behind here , and I suspect it 's because of a lot of chattering . |