Example sentences of "a lot [prep] damage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her flat had suffered a lot of damage in the autumn gales and some of her recent writing had been totally destroyed at the first-draft stage . |
| 2 | There would be a lot of damage and a few people would get hurt , but the lads would be away by the time the police could get round to the place . |
| 3 | He says they 're not real gipsies and that last time they came to the district they caused a lot of damage to crops and stole several turkeys . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 5 | No , maybe not at high speed , but at twenty-five , thirty miles an hour the Canadian can do a lot of damage . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's been a lot of damage to the ground here . |
| 7 | A full survey by Southern Science has revealed that there is a lot of damage to the pond lining and a dangerously deep sediment in the centre which contained a few dead fish and some frog spawn , although there is very little oxygen left in the pond . |
| 8 | ‘ In fact , using these drinks would do a lot of damage . ’ |
| 9 | He would not listen to her instructions and caused a lot of damage by climbing on furniture and shelves , banging things with his toys , knocking down displays in shops , and so on . |
| 10 | If it becomes bored , a young dog especially may try to gnaw at a seat and cause a lot of damage . |
| 11 | It 's got nothing to do with national security ; it 's that they may embarrass some dear old buffer who did a lot of damage . |
| 12 | I actually believe that one of the areas where the Catholic Church did a lot of damage , is that because of a celibate clergy this obsession with sex has exaggerated it too much . |
| 13 | The adze is a heavy tool and can do a lot of damage . |
| 14 | Now if you know that somebody is a drug addict and they 've just had an injection you keep away from them , erm if they 're having a bad trip , whatever they call it , because you do n't , they become very violent , they can do a lot of damage , now the only time you will step in and help is when they go unconscious , but at the same time remember protect yourself , we 're talking about needles here and probably shared needles , you must be terribly careful that you do not get pricked by a needle , especially if , they have a habit of sticking needles under lapels , so always be aware of this , if a person is a drug addict , in fact if you can find some easier way of turning them into the recovery position , do so , erm , you can then obviously either call the ambulance . |
| 15 | That 's going to do a lot of damage in a soup bowl the size of Wembley stadium , I do n't think . |
| 16 | Aristotle called the kings ‘ hereditary generals ’ and an incompetent or even average king could do a lot of damage in a short while — like Kleombrotos who lost the decisive battle of Leuktra in 371 but was not catastrophically inept . |
| 17 | through sexual abuse , and I think we spend a lot of our time , and I think even for teachers , we spend a lot of our time undoing a lot of the damage of helping young people , undo a lot of damage that 's done by sex . |
| 18 | Did n't do a lot of damage . |
| 19 | As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’ |
| 20 | Erm as you can see it 's er had quite a lot of damage on it since we actually came back but er it 's been a very very trustworthy er propeller and engine . |
| 21 | The bombardment destroyed our first system , of course , and there seem to have been a lot of gas shells landing amongst our gunners — those that were n't killed — and they say the Hun did a lot of damage with his trench mortars and those awful Minenwerfers . |
| 22 | Luis Vargas , an Archuar Indian , said that Indians no longer wanted British Gas on their land and were no longer prepared to negotiate with the company , " British Gas has done a lot of damage in our forest " he said . |
| 23 | ’ Locally , they can do quite a lot of damage . |
| 24 | You can do a hell of a lot of damage . |
| 25 | If we used tractors on here continually pulling out timber , it would cause a lot of damage to the ground structure and would reduce the number of flowers . |
| 26 | Mentally it has done him a lot of damage . ’ |
| 27 | Aye it did a lot of damage the dykes and that . |
| 28 | ‘ The open air pool there was built into the cliffs , and the trials were hit by an Atlantic gale that washed away most of the seating and did a lot of damage . |
| 29 | say basically the same thing ; that , as emperor , he has the power to do a lot of damage and that power can quickly corrupt men , however noble or good they seem to start off . |
| 30 | read it because you can do a lot of damage pressing the wrong things . |