Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | For all practical purposes at this stage sir she may appear to you to be a fit and proper person I 've no doubt the Licensing Committee will want to know a lot more about the situation sir . |
2 | East Germans who stay in work will have to work a lot harder as tough private bosses take over flabby state-run factories . |
3 | If you are going up to senior positions movement is essential ; even people who may plateau out at middle management will have done a lot of different jobs for three , four , five years . |
4 | Well , practical purposes at this stage sir she maintains insufficient I 've no doubt the licensee will want to know a lot more about the situation , it 's very apparent it 's not long ago that they last ta transferred to their present holding . |
5 | But social services are not a luxury : any complex industrial society must expect to spend a lot on social services . |
6 | But with all the equipment at GCHQ the Government must have known a lot more than I did about the horrors . |
7 | A mystery man in her life would have explained a lot . |
8 | But the ancient world would have found a lot more uses for citrus fruit . |
9 | A second-hand tractor front axle would have cost a lot more . |