Example sentences of "see a lot " in BNC.

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1 They seen a lot of shit going on but I think they were impressed with home we coped with it all , ’ enthuses PD to the eager nods of Paul .
2 They have seen a lot of world now — Rome , London , New York and Paris — and like most girls of their age are not yet discontented with this necessarily tourist oriented relationship with the outside world .
3 It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’
4 ‘ Ronnie Moran and Roy Evans have been through a lot and seen a lot of players come and go .
5 I think she must have seen a lot of things at that time which had made her the way she was , seen things in the blackout and in the underground stations .
6 We have seen a lot of prayers answered in this area .
7 In Rhodes he had seen a lot of her , right up to her thigh , and Nicholas was right : he was pea-green with envy .
8 She 's been around , Eva , and she 's seen a lot .
9 It 's only common sense , but I 've seen a lot of hard-earned cash parted with in the pursuit of instrument-enhanced choppery and there just ai n't no such thing .
10 He wore a suit that had seen a lot of pressing , and was obviously carefully looked after .
11 I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material .
12 I 've seen a lot of the likes of you ,
13 I was very upset , even though I had seen a lot of birds die before ; I had really thought this one was going to make it .
14 ‘ You 've seen a lot of accidents ? ’
15 ‘ I have seen a lot of things in my life , Elizabeth Burrows , but I never thought to see this .
16 Erm , being with the S S P C A , I have seen a lot of very sad pictures of animals , but one of the saddest photographs I saw , quite recently was two monkeys , well they 're primates , we are
17 They wanted the police to be seen a lot more .
18 I 've seen a lot o' different things and that like ; but I 've never seen an owd cow dragging a tumbril ! ’
19 ‘ I 've seen a lot of horse races but that does n't make me a jockey , does it ? ’
20 ‘ I 've seen a lot of dogs and sheep and pigs and things , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and a lot of cakes and carrots and scarlet runner-beans , and millions of people , and I want to go home . ’
21 She had seen a lot of Japanese kaiju eiga flatties as a child thanks to a quirk of her father 's , and had now been able to draw on her memories of them .
22 You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff .
23 We had seen a lot of people cry in our time , but this was the first time that Quigley had done us the honour .
24 Now I 've seen a lot of people who complain about taking drugs and the side effects they get , when you analyze it , you first of all find they have n't taken it , or they 've taken five other drugs at the same time
25 So halvard , if youve actually seen a lot of him in action ( on the pitch ) then fair enough … but i would nt believe the hype mate .
26 Erm I , I ca n't say that we sold a lot of them I , I , and I have n't seen a lot about at all , er it 's a very good idea I mean two , there 's mainly two different types , one that was held up by pins which was , was quite good er and erm and there was another one which was held up by erm a pin which ran , which the flex ran through , a stud rather than a , a pin and er two little black legs on it , was very good .
27 Just then one of the young men said , ‘ Señor Felipe has seen a lot of life , señorita .
28 I would n't use the word enemy but we have seen a lot of changes in the relationship .
29 Since the former All Blacks ' captain has seen a lot of Back , and still knows the New Zealand scene so well , that opinion , voiced sincerely , should surely not be lightly dismissed .
30 I 've seen a lot of good coppers ruined that way .
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