Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could sell the shares to a stranger — who might decide he or she has a lot to contribute to the business . |
| 2 | These originated in Northern Italy , where the pasta is traditionally flat and where they use a lot more egg and cream in their cooking . |
| 3 | They went back down the garden and after that out to a couple of pubs where they drank a lot and Rufus had to drive back to Wyvis Hall with one eye closed on account of getting double vision . |
| 4 | At PFK we 've also used them under gravel and growing media ( where they maintain a lot of their thickness depth despite the pressure ) to encourage good plant rooting . |
| 5 | In the spring of 1942 , Major Gus March-Phillips , Major J. Geoffrey Appleyard , who served with 7 Commando in the autumn of 1940 , and Captain Graham Hayes had the SSRF in training at Wareham ( Dorset ) , where they did a lot of boat work , especially in dories . |
| 6 | But I 'll give you the chrome for £25 'cause I got a lot of them . |
| 7 | I did n't box , although I had a lot of fights at school . |
| 8 | Acting is not a profession where you can simply stroll on — although I know a lot of fine actors have done that . |
| 9 | I included it in the painting , although I anticipated a lot of problems because of the great difference in values between the model and the light . |
| 10 | I included it in the painting , although I anticipated a lot of problems because of the great difference in values between the model and the light . |
| 11 | Although I hate a lot of people there , that 's where all my friends are . |
| 12 | Well er anyway as it , as it worked out , although I did a lot of s sloshing about , erm when I actually got to erm on to the four one four and I followed that through to the M one and straight up and I was running parallel with the M twenty five , virtually |
| 13 | I was aware of the enormous distances , especially for those in the West , although I learned a lot more about this simply be being there . |
| 14 | I know that I laughed a lot , and that Will said it was a stupid play , with not a word of poetry in it . |
| 15 | Well I understand that I mean a lot of people do that . |
| 16 | Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more |
| 17 | I must admit that I chew a lot of gum |
| 18 | I 'd hate you to think it was all a ‘ donation' from me , and so I enclose my sponsorship form ( which I did n't realise I should have posted with the cheque ) to show that I had a lot of generous sponsors . |
| 19 | Let's just say that I had a lot of time to learn things — about survival in terrible times , and camouflage , and new ways of living . |
| 20 | It 's worth mentioning that I asked a lot of people in Spain , when I was there , at the Spanish you know what they knew about it , and nobody did . |
| 21 | I mean , at times yo , I can , looking back now I can say that I learnt a lot . |
| 22 | One of the things I worry about considerably is that I feel a lot of well-meaning people bring pressure to bear on companies not to take decisions . |
| 23 | Well one subject that I think a lot of us shy away from , is mental illness . |
| 24 | The other side of that is that I think a lot of dons are increasingly concerned at the level of alcohol consumption and the sort of behaviour that can emerge as a result of it , you know I do sense that many of us think it 's a real problem . |
| 25 | I 'm bound to say that I meet a lot of people who praise me for speaking up , but do n't speak up themselves . |
| 26 | I found that I gained a lot of strength from all this regular correspondence with people and , four years on , I now feel much more myself again , although of course I still miss my husband tremendously . |
| 27 | The fact that I wrote the book may have suggested that I spoke a lot about private things , but that is not really what I mean by privacy in one 's life . |
| 28 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 29 | It is great to be around friends who have never had a weight problem and find that I have a lot more energy than them and certainly a lot more breath ! |
| 30 | Completely new to the Company , I know that I have a lot to learn and I 'd particularly like to thank for her help during the changeover . |