Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | In '77 , the New Musical Express helped briefly to divert a lot of punks away from the nihilism of the Sex Pistols towards Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League . |
| 2 | Yes they 'd still got a lot of those tins left . |
| 3 | They , they 'd still got , anyway they 'd still got a lot of tinned stuff |
| 4 | The ploy did not stop a lot of people muttering about the flaws in his catwalk show ( rather unfairly ) , although the Destroy line certainly got better once again by opting for the tight ‘ Partridge Family ’ look and foxy jersey dresses with denim trims . |
| 5 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 6 | She did not require a lot of money , would indeed have despised it . |
| 7 | Though I 'm afraid Miss Lilian and 1 did n't think a lot of them , did we , Lilian ? |
| 8 | It hurt a bit at the time , but I got myself free and did n't think a lot about it just then . |
| 9 | Well David did n't sleep a lot and got thinner and thinner . |
| 10 | Personally , I did n't care a lot at all for the more dramatic kind of preachers , those who would shout and thump the pulpit . |
| 11 | say to th this chap you know but we just happened to mention in passing to Jeanette and she really jumped and said oh Pat did n't smoke a lot . |
| 12 | His putts wandered off in all directions , so he did n't hole a lot . |
| 13 | Paul did n't drink a lot , but when I got back he was drunk . |
| 14 | He did n't drink a lot of it |
| 15 | I worked out of town but did n't do a lot else . |
| 16 | I did n't do a lot of walkin' , except round the shops , and I treated meself to another 'ansom cab to bring me back . |
| 17 | Did n't do a lot of damage . |
| 18 | ‘ Contrary to marriage guidance advice , we did n't do a lot of talking things through afterwards . |
| 19 | Well we did n't do a lot of that er except gi giving advice wh when we just sort of er going round as a midwife . |
| 20 | The orderlies did n't do a lot of work but they did do a lot of talking , and their general cheerfulness had a lifting effect on the corridor as a whole . |
| 21 | In fact , if it had n't been for Granpa I would n't even have been made to attend the local elementary school in Jubilee Street , and ‘ attend ’ was the right word , because I did n't do a lot once I 'd got there , other than bang the lid of my little desk and occasionally pull the pigtails of ‘ Posh Porky ’ , the girl who sat in front of me . |
| 22 | But Ken more and more did n't want a lot of the bad language that passed between him and Orton and Halliwell to be included . |
| 23 | But it really did n't affect a lot of the traditional things that we were doing in knitwear . |
| 24 | I did n't struggle a lot , but one of them pushed my head right down , my arms were pulled right back . |
| 25 | She stretched but did n't feel a lot better for her siesta . |
| 26 | Unfortunately this exercise ‘ did n't mean a lot in isolation . |
| 27 | It did n't make a lot of sense . ’ |
| 28 | So we were really answerable to the Ipswich Borough Council , rather than to private enterprise which some people really wanted to sell us off as being a , you know , a weight round their necks because if we did n't make a lot of money after the war , the accounts would show that we were making a deficiency every year and erm , well there was no way that you could recoup it because our routes were n't really long enough to charge lots of fares erm , maybe tuppence was the town centre to the extreme termini |
| 29 | Oh yeah I knew it was you so it did n't make a lot of difference . |
| 30 | Cos last year he was n't working and he did n't spend a lot on her . |