Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a lot [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ray has had a lot to do with that . ’ |
| 2 | And the make has got a lot to do with it . |
| 3 | It seems to have a lot to do with how rapidly our twentieth-century world has changed , particularly in the West . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't seem to have had a lot to smile about just lately . |
| 5 | I think it did have a lot to do with the status that being different conferred , for in spite of the austerity of our childhood , we believed that we were better than other people , the food we ate being a mark of this , because our mother told us so — so successfully that even now I have to work hard at actually seeing the deprivations . |
| 6 | Yes , you did have a lot to say for yourself , did n't you ? |
| 7 | Fourth , and you did n't , I mean you did n't seem to have a lot to pick from . |
| 8 | He 's got his teeth into this , he 's angry and he does n't seem to have a lot to live for really . |
| 9 | People like Ms Pamala Klein would seem to have a lot to answer for . |
| 10 | I think you 've got a lot to answer for . |
| 11 | implying you sort of see that they are reluctant to get involved in this , they 've got a lot to lose from this . |
| 12 | ‘ They 've got a lot to talk about , they used to know so many of the same people , ’ I said , to comfort him . |
| 13 | ‘ I have to see Dieter … we 've got a lot to talk about . ’ |
| 14 | I expect you 've got a lot to talk about . ’ |
| 15 | Now erm at the moment I 've got a lot to fit in |
| 16 | I think I 've got a lot to offer in a fairly mainstream way , but then again , if I feel tense I 'm fucked . |
| 17 | ‘ This course is made for me from tee to green but I 've got a lot to learn on the greens , ’ he said . |
| 18 | When I look at animals , I realise we 've got a lot to learn from them . ’ |
| 19 | The Jura alien had had a lot to say about Tellenorean life-forms . |
| 20 | You 've had a lot to contend with and the marquis did ask to hear your tale . |
| 21 | What it does have a lot to do with is that the Moat Centre has not had clear significant management on the ground and what we 're proposing here today should produce that in the very near future and what the proposals that Mr proposals would have done is not produced that in the significant future and I think that 's the point that really needs to be stressed . |
| 22 | The Taylor reports got a lot to answer for really |
| 23 | I lifted them early because I did n't want to leave them any longer because they were going to get damaged and they were , they were a wet potato when they came up and they 've cooked wet , so I think that the amount of rainfall you have has a lot to do with it . |
| 24 | Although Conservative Members have had a lot to say on the subject , in Standing Committee E the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) said : ’ The effect of the amendments ’ — in other words , an amendment to the Bill in order to make these affirmative orders — ’ would be that all regulations under the Bill would be subject to the affirmative procedure . ’ |
| 25 | After reading this you will not be an expert on fusion science , but you will realise that fusions fluctuating fortunes have had a lot to do with the way in which the science and technology developed . |
| 26 | The fifties was a fuller-figured look , but the sixties , that was Twiggy — she 's got a lot to answer for . |
| 27 | Mind you — - " she jerked her head in the direction of the Russell , which had recently returned from Plymouth and lay at anchor in the Pool , " 'E 's got a lot to answer for . |
| 28 | It 's got a lot to do with the melody but he sounds like he really means it . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's got a lot to do with me . |
| 30 | I 'm not using him as an excuse or anything , but I do feel he 's got a lot to do with the way my life 's been . |