Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | " Basically I use a lot of different hostas and the alchemillas because the lovely bold shape of the hosta leaves goes with the finer stems of alchemilla . |
2 | ‘ Obviously I have a lot more information on some than others , who may just appear as names and addresses . |
3 | so I had a lot of contacts and I enjoyed it . |
4 | I had a very very hard time just to look after my ill daughter , and I was trying to get help from everybody , but er I had a tremendous help er the neighbours were very good with me , the relations , my husband 's friends at work , er and er my own sisters and my brothers and their wives and my , my mum and dad , so I had a lot of support from everybody . |
5 | That 's how she wants it so I done a lot . |
6 | Well we had er , we took out all the gear for that , so I knew a lot , being a crane driver I 'd know what gear I wanted but a lot of these stevedores what are on there now , they were lorry drivers and they ai n't got a clue what they do , so there part of my job meant I 'd go round and give advice . |
7 | I think , a lot of it , you know I was burning a bit so I think a lot of it was sort of it thinking about that blooming boiler . |
8 | I spend I spend a lot of time with them so I spend a lot talking to them . |
9 | I 'm opening my own business so I need a lot of money |
10 | Probably some degree of oddness is an inescapable penalty for calling an unestablished unit into service ; this abnormality may be very slight , as in A large novel fell on my head , or it may be considerable , as in I received a lot of kindness from him — would you like to try a bottle ? : |
11 | And I think that is why er er I acquired my taste for it , still I read a lot . |
12 | I thought you would Chairman , take it later I see a lot of hands up on the other side . |
13 | I mean , I mean there are er there are , I mean they probably I think a lot of them probably are not social work qualified . |
14 | of course , now I put a lot of my . |
15 | When I was in Hawaii I practised for eight or nine hours a day ; now I practise a lot less , but I do so a lot more efficiently and effectively . |
16 | ‘ Just as well I know a lot more about nursing than some of these young Australian madams , ’ Buzz sniffed . |
17 | Well I mean a lot of it ca n't be measured you know ? |
18 | and he treated his horse well I mean a lot of these horseman , good horseman treated the horse better than they did the wife ! |
19 | Well I think a lot of it was erm ignorance . |
20 | Well I think a lot of evaluation does go on . |
21 | Well I think a lot of women are looking for an equal partnership really erm where the rules are laid down and they know where they stand , you know . |
22 | Well I do a lot ! |
23 | There 's three of you so , well I do a lot more washing than you do n't I ? |
24 | Well I feel a lot better . |
25 | Well I feel a lot better today . |
26 | Who else has n't I bet a lot of you have just lumped Luxe Luxembourg in with Germany and France . |
27 | And do n't I lie a lot . |
28 | Maybe I do a lot of things . |
29 | And then I know a lot people who now in retirement do not have a bath , because they ca n't be confident enough at getting out of a bath , so they say oh well I manage with a shower . |
30 | with the National Health , then I have a lot , more contact with her than with most other groups . |