Example sentences of "had a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Yarwood and the catchphrase ‘ Silly Billy ’ had a lot to do with it , but more important is the fact that the Labour Party now belongs to a younger generation . |
| 2 | It was a night for men and we had a lot of men out there . |
| 3 | Willink as a lawyer had a lot to do with the administration of the Church and saw the argument that an archbishop must be able to bear a load of administration . |
| 4 | He had a lot to learn about operating methods from the people on the shop floor , but he could also pass on to them the fruits of his university education . |
| 5 | Jimmy had a lot of flair but it did n't help him win . ’ |
| 6 | The Sherborne trainer commented : ‘ He had a lot of problems last year , a bit of leg trouble and he was breaking blood vessels , but I think we 've cured both problems . ’ |
| 7 | In that final quarter , though , Wooderson had a lot of people to pass — on the inside , of course , for this was a gentlemen 's race — and he zipped smoothly from one to the next to the finish line . |
| 8 | However , Mr Jeno Horvath , a member of parliament and legal expert , said parliament had a lot of unfinished business and had decided the public might be confused to see it dissolved but continuing to function . |
| 9 | She had a lot of appointments , particularly at lunch . |
| 10 | Trinidadians , disgusted by their violence ( they captured Mr Robinson and shot him in the leg ) , nevertheless reckoned that poor people had a lot to grumble about , as the government slashed away at public spending to rectify past extravagance . |
| 11 | All out 446 meant that England had a lot of batting to do in the last two days , and when Larkins went at the end of the third day to a ball that he did not see in the shadows , one felt they just were not going to make it . |
| 12 | She had a lot of questions she wanted to ask him — his pottery — his plans , but she felt too filled with emotion at the moment . |
| 13 | But he had a lot to carry and it was time he went . |
| 14 | ‘ The Mr Elmore who had a lot of difficulty with his mother-in-law some time ago ? , |
| 15 | Sadie had a lot to learn . |
| 16 | Secord remembered how they would get ‘ sermonized ’ , and how ‘ we had a lot to live down before we could do business . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think the feeling between us had a lot to do with Skyways and the contact we had early on , ’ says Jason . |
| 18 | David said : ‘ Kylie told me she wanted our romance to end because she had a lot of pressure from work — she was always very busy . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 20 | It would mean that our man had a lot of time available for manoeuvring . ’ |
| 21 | Ah me , the Home , Light and Third had a lot going for them . |
| 22 | Lord 's fitness had a lot to do with his rally from a 2-0 deficit in games but Newton did not help his cause by incurring numerous conduct penalty points . |
| 23 | Despite the result on Saturday you still felt we had a lot to do . |
| 24 | ‘ We had a lot of trouble with magneto breakdown , ’ he recalled , ‘ and in every flight carried a spare one . |
| 25 | I had a lot of friends at school , and a boy friend too . |
| 26 | He still had a lot more to write but , considering that he was bowing out with Telemachus , he thought that he would not leave a negligible oeuvre behind him . |
| 27 | She certainly had a lot of milk . |
| 28 | ‘ I had a lot of marking to catch up on . |
| 29 | In that respect , Hollywood had a lot to beat . |
| 30 | I had a lot less hassle walking around Tripoli , than I would have walking around Athens , for example . |