Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
| 2 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |
| 3 | This was a great pose , she 'd practised it a lot with the mirror . |
| 4 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 5 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 6 | It did n't take much to get him back into proper work ; the pleasant surprise was that the three weeks holiday had done him a lot of good . |
| 7 | They thought it was best to know what you were up against , but Preston was n't sure it had done them a lot of good in the long run . |
| 8 | Furthermore , Curzon 's behaviour over the fall of the Coalition was fresh in men 's minds and had made him a lot of enemies and few friends . |
| 9 | Islam had offered him a lot . |
| 10 | He had told her a lot the previous night , too much for her to take in , but the salient points stuck out clearly in her mind . |
| 11 | He had always been a very religious man , which had helped him a lot in the Corporation . |
| 12 | He had used it a lot in Seville . |
| 13 | Our children had brought us a lot of happiness . |