Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] a lot of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Law-making , and law-changing , being a public responsibility to which everyone has to give a lot of time . |
| 2 | She has to do a lot of standing . ’ |
| 3 | Not like her , Maggie , she has to put a lot of effort into looking nice . |
| 4 | ‘ Terry Yorath has to take a lot of credit . |
| 5 | The difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher , and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 6 | Really it 's a problem of time and resources erm the difficulties are that one has to spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom working with the teacher , or observing the teacher and it 's difficult to find that time when one is teaching at university . |
| 7 | It also tends to attract a lot of magic since this is about the only thing your opponent can rely on to slow it down . |
| 8 | Many men feel a very great sense of despair and discomfort upon entering what used to be their home with their wife , but what is now a house that seems to demand a lot of time-consuming work . |
| 9 | Less than a fortnight later a panic call from Mrs Brodowitz revealed that Anita was engaged to a man she had known for only two days — ‘ a real Cockney , who appears to have a lot of money ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ He seems to think a lot of you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But he seems to have a lot of good ideas aimed at taking Forest back to the Premier League and I 'm happy to be part of that . ’ |
| 12 | But what I do n't like is that Hilary Frome seems to spend a lot of time with him . ’ |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Bill Gates seems to feel a lot of his Windows NT business will be upgrades . |
| 14 | This book serves to confirm a lot of prejudices : why is Dutch graphic design so dreadfully small and fiddly ? |
| 15 | A colour changer will appeal to anyone who likes to use a lot of colour or different yarn textures when pattern knitting . |
| 16 | Yet Michael Caine still manages to spend a lot of time with his wife . |