Example sentences of "had a lot " in BNC.

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31 We first visited Orkney in 1952 , on a family holiday , and I suspect that experience had a lot to do with stimulating my love of islands .
32 We got on real well and I had a lot of fun that week .
33 On a Russian tour when he had a lot of causes for dissatisfaction , snapshots show him still lively : pretending to drop a kopek into the hat Marcia Haydée holds out to him ; embracing a Russian colleague , Yuri Grigorovich of the Bolshoi ; thoughtfully watching a Russian ballet class .
34 The last magazine article came out on me , I had a lot of Christians writing to tell me I had it all wrong .
35 They wanted it to be rough sounding and we had a lot of discussions .
36 I had a lot to sort out .
37 ‘ This worked against us in many areas of the country and we had a lot of losses .
38 He had a lot of power .
39 But I had a lot to learn when I went to school — like
40 Obviously it had a lot of film and limited time to show the mighty effort of the physicists of 13 countries in overcoming the obstacles to establish the complex , gargantuan apparatus for the experiment .
41 This was when I was a girl and we had a lot of calves to feed and water .
42 I never had a lot to do with the pig 's head , but it did make lovely potted meat .
43 Those poor men had a lot of problems driving in the poles to carry the lines and were obliged to use explosives on the last stretch over my land because they came across solid rock .
44 Some of Sally 's friends continued to sniff and one of them , who they all said ‘ had a lot of problems ’ , sniffed every day .
45 They had a lot to come to grips with .
46 Sheikh al Hassan had a lot on his mind .
47 ‘ We had a lot of fun making it , ’ said George .
48 I had a lot of spare time , and from leading a steady life in my bedroom with my radio , and with my parents downstairs , I now wandered among different houses and flats carrying my life-equipment in a big canvas bag and never washing my hair .
49 ‘ Dave Edmunds had a lot to do with the sound of the album coming over as both traditional and modern at the same time , ’ says Lee Rocker .
50 ‘ We had a lot of attention from a lot of the metal magazines .
51 I had a lot of things to learn . ’
52 ‘ Sam had a lot of input , especially after the first record , because then he had a direction .
53 I liked the Les Paul because it had a lot of knobs !
54 If you listen to early Whitesnake records the bass is quite light in the mix , but it 's a very definite sound , and the strings had a lot to do with that .
55 Someone I 'd say who was probably almost as good a guitar player and also had a lot of mystique about him , although he was never as big as Jimi , is Johnny Winter .
56 We had a lot in common and we liked each other and he was one of the best directors I ever had . ’
57 ‘ It had a lot stacked against it at the beginning , ’ agony aunt Claire Rayner said last night .
58 ‘ In the Thirties the Archbishop of Canterbury had a lot to do with the abdication .
59 His friend , actor Bill Pertwee , said : ‘ He was a card who had a lot of witty charm . ’
60 The role of England captain had a lot to do with the split .
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