Example sentences of "[vb pp] a lot [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they 've won a lot of money . |
| 2 | Cos her Mum won a lot of money . |
| 3 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
| 4 | So if you 're successful in achieving the full target with a full postal wallet then we everybody 's happy and you 've earned a lot of money . |
| 5 | But North Down have earned a lot of respect with their performances this season and Robin Haire , Adrian Semple and Charlie McCrum are all potential match winners . |
| 6 | Being picked ahead of Ian Salisbury this winter — at my age and after the South African affair — has attracted a lot of criticism , some of which has hurt . |
| 7 | Since he successfully sued The Face for alleging he was gay and a hypocrite for denying it , he has attracted a lot of abuse . |
| 8 | Opinion polls suggest that the two rebels have attracted a lot of sympathy . |
| 9 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 10 | A precursor of noradrenaline , named dopamine , has attracted a lot of attention since it is involved in the actions of the phenothiazines , in Parkinson 's disease , and quite probably in schizophrenia . |
| 11 | A point in case is the Mini Master homebuilt twin , above , a demonstration model of which should be flying at this year 's Popular Flying Association Rally at Wroughton.The Mini Master is a kit that has attracted a lot of attention in the US because it brings twin engine safety within the reach of the homebuilt market . |
| 12 | Rab had dropped a lot of weight . |
| 13 | ‘ Until then waves had looked like a pleasant photogenic distraction on television , and not a serious challenge to anything else , ’ Salter recalled , ‘ but getting so close to 5 p/kWh would have rung a lot of alarm bells with people who would feel threatened . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't think he 'd been ill-treated , but he 's took a lot of love and a lot of attention |
| 15 | Progressive landlords still owned a lot of land and redistribution often did n't go to the poorest peasants but to peasants who were members of the Communist Party . |
| 16 | It had been a long day and she had absorbed a lot of information on the subject that was uppermost in her mind . |
| 17 | But the breathless battering of the shower had done a lot to sluice away the weariness and discomfort of the past couple of days , and perhaps she felt bold enough to try . |
| 18 | As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’ |
| 19 | Luis Vargas , an Archuar Indian , said that Indians no longer wanted British Gas on their land and were no longer prepared to negotiate with the company , " British Gas has done a lot of damage in our forest " he said . |
| 20 | He is an excellent carpenter and the couple have done a lot of DIY throughout their home . |
| 21 | Erm if the car has done a lot of mileage , will you get a lot of money for it or will you get less money ? |
| 22 | Well , we sort of got together a couple of times — he was an interesting sort of man — done a lot of sailing , single-handed stuff . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Michael , you have done a lot of work both with and for Equity , what do you feel about the present day students ' dilemma ? |
| 25 | We have had that moulder now for three or four years and it has done a lot of work . |
| 26 | He employed the Staffordshire architect John Webb , a landscape gardener at heart , who had done a lot of work locally and came highly recommended . |
| 27 | Peter Maddison , Head of the International School of the Algarve ( Porches , 8400 Lagoa ) has done a lot of work in the area of content in language teaching , particularly in respect of French as a foreign language . |
| 28 | But IBM France , Spain and Italy have done a lot of work on the technology . |
| 29 | ‘ I got the work through the musical director Dave Clayton , who has done a lot of work with people like George Michael . |
| 30 | ‘ The 555 is designed entirely by Fred Sampson , a professional musician and designer who 's done a lot of work with Tom Scholtz , ’ explained Paul . |