Example sentences of "[was/were] not a lot [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , all the shows that played there were amazing although we did two or three shows in America where there were n't a lot of people .
2 But the average pay was still below the police plus there was job security — there were n't a lot of jobs paying pensions then .
3 Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday .
4 There were n't a lot of bleach in it .
5 There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ?
6 Were n't a lot of choice was there ?
7 There was not a lot of style about the way food was served either .
8 There was not a lot of laughter in the second act , but it is true there was not a lot in Chaplin 's later life .
9 Another , more understandable , view was that there was not a lot of it about and the trick was to get your hands on it .
10 Er there was not a lot of enthusiasm for this er th this guarding which went on you see , because everybody was in sympathy er with the cause of the republican government , the S the Spanish republican government .
11 This shows that Thomas earned about £6 : 18s. , plus Richard 's 5/ , during five months … it was not a lot of money to keep a family of 11 ( it would have been 13 save that Elizabeth , born in May 1836 , appears to have died in infancy ; and of course Sarah was gone ) .
12 There was not a lot of the ship left to see and it was very cold , below zero in fact .
13 There was not a lot of point in bringing these gifts , since her father 's allotment kept them well supplied with fresh vegetables ( although he did not grow sweet peas , considering them more trouble than they were worth ) .
14 There was not a lot of laughter in the second act , but it is true there was not a lot in Chaplin 's later life .
15 THERE was not a lot in the budget for farmers according to National Farmers ' Union of Scotland analysts after a day 's reflection .
16 There was n't a lot of choice .
17 It was not as I had expected at all because living in the kind of commune that Mary Finnigan 's house was , there was n't a lot of time for romance .
18 After that it was n't a lot of fun .
19 Erm , actually there was n't a lot of detailed stuff , there was erm , materials for gr groups and winter sales
20 There was n't a lot of money around ; that was eight years ago .
21 With chemistry , things like organic chemistry , where you had to know every reaction , you could n't work it out , you had to know everything that was going to happen — there was n't a lot of understanding involved , it was mainly slogging .
22 ‘ There was n't a lot of heart in our marriage , Sam . ’
23 Well , there was n't a lot of answer to that , was there ?
24 But I did n't go to town till half past ten I was going to me mother 's at half past eleven , so there was n't a lot of time .
25 This year we 've restricted it to primary , partly because we felt that 's where the enthusiasm was , and partly , if people wo n't mind me saying so , to keep out the computer science specialists — we felt that , you know , we did n't want a club for boffins or for the experts , we wanted a club and we felt that if we started at the primary end , where there was n't a lot of expertise , we would probably be of more use .
26 And there was n't a lot of getting in first before the newsworthy
27 So it was n't a lot on that anyway , but it it it 's do n't forget that 's a good indication .
28 There was n't a lot in the bag , Masklin had to admit .
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