Example sentences of "[pron] have [to-vb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , I have to spend a lot of my time asking silly questions of people while standing in all sorts of silly places . |
| 2 | She always gets me into an argument and I have to devote a lot of time to the dispute . |
| 3 | No , it 's permed and is prone to being dry and frizzy so I have to use a lot of conditioner on it . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to do a lot of travelling in the coming year . |
| 5 | I , I do hesitate myself because if I walk around normally I have to suffer a lot of abuse by , not by , people by who are walking round , but the people who are passing by in the cars etc . |
| 6 | I have to get a lot of people |
| 7 | Sometimes I have to make a lot of noise with them and move my body with them like passion — and sometimes they just slide out very gently and do n't affect me so much , like a cooling system . |
| 8 | I 've found I have to have a lot of conditions . |
| 9 | In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations . |
| 10 | " I love foliage and I think you have to rely a lot on that in small gardens because you do n't have room to leave dormant areas where nothing is happening for a long period , " she says . |
| 11 | You have to do a lot of forward thinking . |
| 12 | To be a good cook you have to do a lot of things precisely , but it requires no understanding . |
| 13 | This means you have to do a lot of shuffling to achieve a respectable-looking document . |
| 14 | have to say a lot you have to talk a lot . |
| 15 | Steve Astington says he was a rock climber and then moved over to marathons … this is his thirteenth … you have to put a lot of training in … he does them for the enjoyment it takes him away from life and all the stresses |
| 16 | Cause you have to put a lot of cream on your face to get the make up off and you do that especially if you 're doing two performances a day it 's an awful lot mess and much you 're putting on your face and you ca n't get it all off |
| 17 | Yes , so you have to put a lot of , like , mousse on or make it wet , no not wet , it stings |
| 18 | You have to clean a lot of brasses , but I mean I was n't gon na be put off . |
| 19 | successful showcases can create substantial industry interest in a band , but if you are going to pull out all the stops , you have to spend a lot of money with no guarantee of a positive result . |
| 20 | ‘ People have baulked at technology-based training because you have to pay a lot up front before you start getting the benefits of the system , ’ says Stephen Weil , marketing manager of CD-I Training , ‘ CD-I takes the hardware cost out of the equation . |
| 21 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 22 | I think the problem with feminism is that a lot of people think that somehow you have to understand an awful lot of things , you have to read a lot of books , and you 've got to understand a whole lot of different theories , before you can call yourself a feminist . |
| 23 | Well , it depends , because there 's a committee that is responsible for this and you have to bring many erm recommendation letters and you have to bring a lot of documents and eye witnesses to go by this rule . |
| 24 | But saying that if you want a decent wage in here you have to work a lot of overtime . |
| 25 | It 's all experience and that 's what you have to have a lot of before getting your own way about anything . |
| 26 | You have to have a lot of plasters for your toes I believe |
| 27 | You have to have a lot of sleep . |
| 28 | I think you have to know a lot [ in chemistry ] , whereas with physics , what you hope to do is get general laws and principles that are applicable widely . |
| 29 | It 's all very well keeping mentally flexible and all the rest of the who-har , but if you , er , my , my mother stopped and said to her many years ago , she said , you do n't look your age , you do n't act your age , you do n't sound your age , you do n't think your age , but you are your age , and this is absolutely true , as you grow older , nothing will stop the fact that your arteries get a little harder , so that , you know , that you get raised blood pressure quite easily if your agitated and you are , for some reason you , you have to puff a lot more , I was reading about this just recently , and these are changes that take place whatever you do , you can exercise , and you can take vitamins and you can keep your weight down , but you age . |
| 30 | I just want to have the facility to do anything I want , and to be able to do that you have to learn a lot of things that you 're not necessarily ever going to use . ’ |