Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ We got to know a lot of interesting things about your way of life and your education system — and we found many similar things . ’ |
| 3 | We were on the ground floor of the flats , and we got to know a lot of them as neighbours as well as some of them as clients . |
| 4 | ‘ When I was still involved in commercial work , I also used to foster kids ’ , he says , ‘ and , consequently , got to know a lot about the care system . |
| 5 | In the YPLL survey a sixth of adolescents reported spending a lot of spare time on their own . |
| 6 | So I used to buy erm I used buy a lot of er the Meg and Mogs cos I found that they sort of helped him . |
| 7 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 8 | And then on the other hand , I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities , and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of youth club type evening provision in the town . |
| 9 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 10 | ‘ I mean , we 've never heard him DJing , we just really liked the stuff he 'd done with Primal Scream , and as for Fluke , well , we 'd heard a lot of really good things about them — plus they 're signed to Creation . ’ |
| 11 | He seemed to know a lot about female mysteries and I wanted him to explain . |
| 12 | He said this kind needed gentle handling ; he seemed to know a lot about barometers , and to be delighted with his purchase . |
| 13 | There were two Catholics from Northern Ireland who seemed to know a lot about the British Army . |
| 14 | He seemed to know a lot about the business . |
| 15 | The gipsy seemed to know a lot about Thornfield . |
| 16 | He 'd made a lot of money out of hardware , sold out a chain of stores that covered three states and retired . |
| 17 | I knew they 'd made a lot of money . |
| 18 | I 'm sure he was , but the last few years when I knew him he 'd gotten a lot of respect from people and he was n't having to struggle any more , and I think he knew the people loved him and he liked that . |
| 19 | I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material . |
| 20 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd done a lot of training , going to the gym three times a week and now I 'm one of the top boxers for my age and weight . |
| 22 | now the best of the timber he had Gottonam Peters , the builders that were , I mean they were building a lot then and I 'm going back now to the fifties and the sixties Gottonam Peters they 'd done a lot of building in Upton in Chester and erm , developments er expect building sort of thing and er , they used to buy in all the three by twos and four by threes that he could get , the good ones second hand |
| 23 | Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me . |
| 24 | He 'd shifted a lot of linen , some bags of which weighed in like a circus fat lady . |
| 25 | My mother 's been up there and she did n't come back for two hours and she came back we kept well he 'd sold a lot of meat in the meantime . |
| 26 | He was shot trying to stop some guys who came to steal a lot of our money . |
| 27 | We discovered that we 'd got a lot of unnecessary parts — things that were over-indulgent — so we chucked 'em out . ’ |
| 28 | Next door , they 'd got a lot of kids and they used to play marbles , and they used to bounce on these concrete floors . |
| 29 | I 'd got a lot of autographs ; Kenny Lynch , Gareth Hunt , that bloke who used to be in The Sweeney , Tim Brooke-Taylor , Rachael Heyhoe-Flint . |
| 30 | Of course he 'd had a lot on his mind . |