Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | but no I mean I i mean I 've lost a lot of good friends on it , and I would love to see them back alive but , there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
2 | I think there was only one because they only had one , and I got one white cos they only had one I think , it was the other colours I 'm sure I 'd got two of , I must of done , cos I mean I 've used a lot myself do n't I ? |
3 | ‘ It took quite a while to stitch me up , but everything 's all right now , although they say I 've lost a lot of blood from the placental bleed . ’ |
4 | I expect you 've got a lot to talk about . ’ |
5 | Sources close to the leggy catwalk queen , who signed a £1.2 million pop deal , say she has written a lot of lyrics and whoever matches them best to music will go into the studio with her . |
6 | When I look at animals , I realise we 've got a lot to learn from them . ’ |
7 | But I think that , you know , we 've got so involved we 've done a lot of work in our time , but now we do n't seem to be erm There is a younger element coming in they tell me . |
8 | The men who stopped her had done a lot of talking on their radio before taking her to their police station . |
9 | as oh that 's good , I feel that they 're now acid and alkalis , seem to be important , I 've done I 've put a lot of effort into them , maybe just a quick glance at those occasionally to keep up to date . |
10 | He says you have caused a lot of trouble . ’ |
11 | I do n't feel we 've done a lot this half term have we ? |
12 | Gary Wills says they 've done a lot of work on the swing and all he does now is aim the golf club him . |
13 | Adrian says they 've spent a lot of time in the water … tweaking this and tweaking that and making sure that it has come through production with flying colours … |
14 | Captain Paul Donohue says they 've got a lot of young players coming up through the ranks of the Oxford City Ice Hockey Club . |
15 | Tata Consultancy Services , the Indian company , says it has done a lot of work for Unix System Labs on Unix device drivers and hopes to get more work now that it has bought into the firm ( UX No 378 ) . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | The league table shows they 've got a lot of work to do though . |
18 | It had certainly been built to last , and although we could see it had lost a lot of windows and the stonework was damaged , it was obviously going to be standing there a few more years yet . |
19 | I do n't think we 've got a lot of time . |
20 | Yeah but I mean we 've got a lot of |
21 | Oh it is true , but it did , it did do it , but that was the other day and I did n't think that they had the same effect , no , well perhaps so , mind you I mean we have done a lot of walking , have n't we ? |
22 | I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much . |
23 | ‘ I know I 've got a lot more to offer despite the goals I 've scored . |
24 | ‘ I know I 've got a lot more to offer despite the goals I 've scored . |
25 | I know I 've got a lot to learn , but I 'm in the best place to do it . ’ |
26 | I mean I know through the summer holidays that I 've really got to get to work with him on his maths , likewise I know I 've got a lot of work to do myself for |
27 | I mean I know I 've got a lot of experience in a |
28 | And you know I 've had a lot of people say to me , Oh is it just a sales call ? |
29 | I know you 've got a lot of work to do . |
30 | ‘ I know you 've got a lot on , ’ Woodruffe said , ‘ but Major Gibbs says it 's absolutely essential that you be charged properly , according to King 's Regulations . ’ |