Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the dream that we all had about Great Britain acknowledging it 's theatre and funding it properly has suffered a lot of setbacks since the ‘ sixties ’ . |
| 2 | Whereas in Northamptonshire the tutor-organiser saw himself as a professional liaising with other professionals in areas where voluntary participation was barely appropriate , his colleague in Essex was apparently expected to spend a lot of time in routine organising work which voluntary members could readily take over when she eventually resigned . |
| 3 | The problems of Scotswood continue , and although various people are trying to tackle them , it is obviously going to take a lot of time , money and effort to solve them . |
| 4 | All independently of each other going round to the , well I say independently , but they obviously get fed a lot of information from head office where we have a telesales operation . |
| 5 | To holiday here you not only get to feel a lot closer to God 's earth , but you also get to feel closer to your fellow man , and there 's not many places that make you feel like that ! |
| 6 | I saw a live TV transmission of Il trovatore from the Metropolitan in New York a few weeks ago that can only have confirmed a lot of people 's worst prejudices about opera — dull production , dull filming , all wrapped round with a certain amount of superstar hype . |
| 7 | We normally expect to see a lot of people on a Friday but they 're just not coming through the doors |
| 8 | Punishments generally seemed to get a lot more severe whilst I was there . |
| 9 | The manufacturer would thus have to spend a lot on mass advertising to create brand loyalty for the product , or attempt to ‘ push ’ the product through the channel by providing trade incentives , with probably a lower end price than competitive products coupled with a larger profit margin for retailers . |
| 10 | The growers are unhappy they 'll soon have to travel a lot further than the Vale of Evesham to get help . |
| 11 | I , I just have er I just have to drink a lot that 's you know put me in first class and full of drink |
| 12 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 13 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 14 | Gould still intended to do a lot of collecting on the Yarrundi-side of the Liverpool Range , but the main focus of his efforts was to be across the mountains , on the remote plains around the Namoi and Mokai rivers , an area of the interior that few settlers had yet penetrated . |
| 15 | And that 's something which you have n't like got to do a lot of recording for You have n't got test conditions you 've got to think of some questions and photocopy it . |
| 16 | They always seem to do a lot just here |
| 17 | ‘ 'E always seems to 'ave a lot ter say fer 'imself . ‘ |
| 18 | The process of identifying and defining the target group , and the research required to do this , will usually have provided a lot of information , too , about how the consumer thinks about our brand . |
| 19 | Yet Michael Caine still manages to spend a lot of time with his wife . |
| 20 | During my blue period my life also seemed to become a lot more structured than it had been for a while . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away than Fenn Lane . |
| 23 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |
| 24 | It also happened to sell a lot of records , and was great for the company . ’ |
| 25 | Well I do I do n't know really but er certainly I I probably discuss work a lot more with my wife now than before , and let her know what 's get going on there . |
| 26 | There was a feeling that the Town Boys were an arrogant elite and to actually get in with them you would probably have to do a lot of serious drinking in the Marlborough Arms . |
| 27 | Smyth , an Irish international cricketer , is one of the most exciting batsmen in the country at the moment and he and Kilgore are both hoping to score a lot of runs in tomorrow 's final against North Down . |
| 28 | The company also had made a lot of new product introductions , he added . |
| 29 | With her diet sorted out , Lisa was also advised to do a lot more exercise , because her job entailed driving around all day rather than walking . |
| 30 | Our music was really ‘ out there ’ , but it was n't something you could stuff down people 's throats ; you had to really want to hear a lot of guitar if you wanted to listen to our records ! ’ |