Example sentences of "[pron] have [to-vb] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Law-making , and law-changing , being a public responsibility to which everyone has to give a lot of time . |
| 2 | I had to do a lot of talking to get out of that one , Folly . |
| 3 | ‘ There were a lot of traumatic phone calls between the two of us and I had to do a lot of soul-searching . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to sacrifice a lot of things in that movie . |
| 5 | I had to spend a lot of time alone , just thinking . |
| 6 | I had to use a lot of rudder to keep sailing on a straight course . |
| 7 | I had to take a lot of oddments as well , like the marble . |
| 8 | so I mean she 's , she 's she 's and I said to her when when all the things were going wrong with I had to have a lot of chats with her and said well you you 've got to prove that you can rebound from this |
| 9 | I found this one at a big sale in London , and I had to pay a lot of money for it . |
| 10 | In fact , I have to spend a lot of my time asking silly questions of people while standing in all sorts of silly places . |
| 11 | She always gets me into an argument and I have to devote a lot of time to the dispute . |
| 12 | No , it 's permed and is prone to being dry and frizzy so I have to use a lot of conditioner on it . |
| 13 | ‘ I have to do a lot of travelling in the coming year . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I have to get a lot of people |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I 've found I have to have a lot of conditions . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Not like her , Maggie , she has to put a lot of effort into looking nice . |
| 20 | She has to do a lot of standing . ’ |
| 21 | Did you have to do a lot of research ? |
| 22 | Erm would you have to do a lot of cleaning work as well in the kitchens ? |
| 23 | Did you have to take a lot to the pawn shop ? . |
| 24 | As I say , Well you 've you 've to spend a lot of time . |
| 25 | You 've to sit a lot in the shop , go to the back if you want to chat . |
| 26 | She had to use a lot of initiative and think on her feet . |
| 27 | After all , she had to do a lot of smiling in her business , too . |
| 28 | She 's only got two suitcases , so she had to leave a lot of stuff behind — like her tailor 's dummy and all the furniture . |
| 29 | From as long as I can remember , she had to rest a lot . |
| 30 | She had to face a lot of questions about Labour 's plans to tax the better-off . |