Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [adv] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see I 've got quite a lot to learn about them . |
| 2 | Well yes I had to spend quite a lot of time on the line to her because er her husband 's been quite ill with bladder trouble . |
| 3 | Sorry Chief Administrator Officer and I had to provide quite a lot of statistical information which I 'd never done before but nevertheless I , I made a fairly reasonable job of it , I had an assistant and erm I , I think I got fairly well known amongst the councillors and people who mattered and then went . |
| 4 | When I read essays by male Art Historians I had to knock out a lot of crap like when they talk about the rape in inverted commas … |
| 5 | I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time . |
| 6 | Erm , so you would leave what I call this deadwood lying on your spreadsheet , cells that are using up memory , they 're not needed any more erm , on many people 's spreadsheets I 've discovered quite a lot of deadwood using up large amounts of memory , like in some people 's cases two-thirds of the memory used by the deadwood . |
| 7 | I 've broken down a lot more than I ever have over the last three months . |
| 8 | He smiles : ‘ I 've grown up a lot and I 'm now enjoying important fights that used to fill me with nerves . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've grown up a lot in the last two years , ’ she said quietly and I silently agreed with her . |
| 10 | The diabetes can sometimes disappear if you lose weight and maybe that will happen to me one of these days as I 've lost quite a lot recently . |
| 11 | Well , it is really strange , because I 've done quite a lot of stage work , but it 's funny because a lot of people — even other film actors — do n't know about it . |
| 12 | Yeah , I 've read I do n't think I 've read every thousand pages of it , but I 've , I 've I 've done quite a lot of of it yes . |
| 13 | Well I 've heard quite a lot of it so why I should bring the subject up then everyone started talking about it . |
| 14 | You see , I 've had rather a lot on my mind recently … ’ |
| 15 | I 've always thought very highly of Michael Jaffé , until recently Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum , and I 've had quite a lot of pleasant conversations with him . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've found out a lot , ’ she said , ‘ and I 'm very keen to talk it over with you . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've collated quite a lot of information from the researchers , ’ Paula commented sitting at her desk . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've tried out a lot of things on the way . |
| 19 | I , I mean Dave , I 've spent quite a lot of my time slagging him off but to his face I 'm really nice . |
| 20 | " I 've knocked out a lot of teeth just like you did there " |
| 21 | ‘ It 's all been very interesting and I 've learned quite a lot of things I did n't know before . |
| 22 | I 've got rather a lot on my mind . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd like to ask you out , pumpkin , but I 've got rather a lot to do today . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it . |
| 25 | and I used them this year and they er I 've got quite a lot of Right furry I was er hoping to get I do n't think these 'll come out somehow . |
| 26 | I 've got quite a lot of money , I think . |
| 27 | Oh yeah , yeah , mm , mm , mm , mm , yeah , erm , yes I 've got quite a lot of catalogues really I |
| 28 | Well I 've got quite a lot of experience I mean I 've |
| 29 | I 've got quite a lot of apple , so you can have some |
| 30 | Yes but I I 've got quite a lot |