Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 2 | No I think , I , I mean see a lot of languages and I think you 're doing very well . |
| 3 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Looking at cos erm I tend to use a lot of paper particularly if it 's yours it 's usually my own but never mind . |
| 5 | I like to look smart so I tend to wear a lot of jackets with trousers or skirts . |
| 6 | I tend to have a lot of sausage and bacon because it 's easier and my time is somewhat at a premium with around a dozen cattle to care for . |
| 7 | I 'm , I 'm an alternative medicine practitioner and I tend to get a lot of people who are depressed coming to see me , people who have been through the normal routes |
| 8 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 9 | And then on the other hand , I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities , and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of youth club type evening provision in the town . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect to make a lot of money , ’ she said coolly , sitting down to pour . |
| 11 | ‘ At home , I want to sleep a lot of the time . |
| 12 | I want to have a lot of money in the bank . |
| 13 | So I used to buy erm I used buy a lot of er the Meg and Mogs cos I found that they sort of helped him . |
| 14 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 15 | I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material . |
| 16 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd done a lot of training , going to the gym three times a week and now I 'm one of the top boxers for my age and weight . |
| 18 | Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me . |
| 19 | My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends . |
| 20 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 21 | Well , I 'd thought a lot about the part . |
| 22 | I 'd got a lot of autographs ; Kenny Lynch , Gareth Hunt , that bloke who used to be in The Sweeney , Tim Brooke-Taylor , Rachael Heyhoe-Flint . |
| 23 | I felt as if someone had stuck a knife into me — I started to hate Africa then and I went on hating it — I began to hate a lot of things I had n't minded before , when I was happy . |
| 24 | I like to have a lot of vegetables left over . |
| 25 | Here , if I 'm going to a charity function or a party , I get to meet a lot of different people . |
| 26 | I decided to take a lot of the fruit , and to put it to dry in the sun for a time . |
| 27 | I managed to avoid a lot of it by having some tasks of my own . |
| 28 | When I dance I try to put a lot of enthusiasm into it . ’ |
| 29 | Er I keep getting a lot of headaches and I think it 's with the hacking and coughing I 'm doing . |
| 30 | ‘ I do care a lot about the parish , but I 've always fought against the ‘ clergy wife ’ label . |