Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm No that 's er making me jolly cross , not like myself I do n't do anything like , not as much as I used to do at the hall , I mean I used to do a lot as you know , but I , I know how much you have done , but nobody else knows |
| 2 | Howar they used to work a lot with finishing the cattle sell them for . |
| 3 | And in this sense , when we liberate South Africa we will also create , we hope a state in the world which will become foremost in fighting racism all over the world and at the lower level our community based organizations our non-governmental organizations that have across colour built up structures to move communities forward if our friends in Eastern Europe and elsewhere could see how that is done at grass roots level in the hell of racism as I say they would have a lot to learn . |
| 4 | After all , the body contains more collagen than any other protein : it should be no surprise that protecting it could do a lot of good . |
| 5 | ‘ Now the rally 's been banned , ’ says Scargill , who looks nothing like his more-famous uncle , ‘ I expect it will attract a lot of people . ’ |
| 6 | The people who exploit them can make a lot of money , but those fat cats do n't get their hands dirty |
| 7 | ‘ I get lots of film synopses sent to me and after this movie I hope I will get a lot more . |
| 8 | I imagined I would have a lot of spare time , but my diary is always full . |
| 9 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 10 | The landlord had obviously decided he could make a lot of money out of this rehearsal room lark . |
| 11 | The highest my mum goes is forty pounds cos she does n't think she should spend a lot of money on a pair of trainers that wo n't last . |
| 12 | Certainly was , as I say I do n't think you 'll see a lot of , better lot of colour than that |
| 13 | I mean you must have a lot of cases whereby where , where you are actually perhaps er er a taxi needs to be paid for to take |
| 14 | John Higgins : reckons he can play a lot better |
| 15 | Ok agreed , I do n't think we 'd generate a lot of money for those 5 though . |
| 16 | You know I could make a lot more effort than I do . |
| 17 | It is tempting to get a large capacity sack if you know you 'll have a lot to carry , but bear in mind that it could tempt you to carry too much ! |
| 18 | Choose an easy water , where the fish are not too big and therefore fairly easy ; a place where you know you can get a lot of bites . |
| 19 | We had a lot of the game , but we all know we can play a lot better than that . |
| 20 | Mosquito net mending you know we used to do a lot in Nottingham . |
| 21 | He was another character er there was er I remember they used to have a lot of socials and things at the church you know , it was very well attended I suppose in those days . |
| 22 | If I succeed it will unlock a lot of the mystery of what 's been done on Titron . |
| 23 | And it takes it must take a lot longer to produce a plane like the Tornado and a Spitfire or a Lancaster in erm the days of erm nineteen forty three |
| 24 | Central government may assign a local authority a large guideline figure for capital expenditure but also assume it will finance a lot of it from sales of council houses , for example , and hence give a small credit approval . |
| 25 | Nicky said : ‘ I suppose I 'll get a lot of enjoyment out of teaching and hope I hope I can pass on some useful advice . ’ |
| 26 | If we could answer these , I feel we should know a lot more than we do about the earliest history of the place and the way it has grown . |
| 27 | potential employers feel they can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting . |
| 28 | People feel they can tell a lot from a handshake and they are quite right . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose it 'll shock a lot of people , ’ admitted Jennifer , 33 . |
| 30 | I reckon it would stop a lot of trouble if they issued sex dolls in prisons and hospitals on the NHS . ’ |