Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] [art] lot " in BNC.
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1 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
2 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
3 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
4 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
5 | ‘ She very kindly invited me to lunch and she has given me a lot of useful information . ’ |
6 | Now I 've had a few in succession , it has given me a lot more confidence . |
7 | So you believe either that Americans are prone to think conspiratorially or that their government has given them a lot of unbelievable explanations for incredible conduct . |
8 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
9 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
10 | The tape you sent us has given us a lot of nostalgic pleasure . |
11 | Mentally it has done him a lot of damage . ’ |
12 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . ’ |
13 | It has made me a lot tougher and a lot more businesswise . |
14 | Now Would you say that seeing the T V adverts for special issues has made you a lot more likely to buy them , |
15 | ‘ Jane has told me a lot about you , ’ she said . |
16 | Last year 's alumni survey has told us a lot . |
17 | What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway . |
18 | Should a victim die , they could find their good samaritan act has cost them a lot more than the penny which was paid to the Jericho-Jerusalem Motel . |
19 | I mean I think shrinking the broadsheet width has spoilt it a lot . |
20 | The case has caused us a lot of grief . ’ |
21 | ‘ Dr Darnell , ’ he began as soon as he had introduced himself , ‘ I know that Sergeant Channing has asked you a lot of questions already , but in your position as co-ordinator here , you 'll appreciate that your help is very important to us . |
22 | ‘ My mother has mentioned you a lot in her letters , ’ she said at last , deciding that honesty was the only policy , if she was going to smooth over accusations made in the heat of the moment . |
23 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | This was a great pose , she 'd practised it a lot with the mirror . |
26 | The matron of a residential home , talking about a doctor who she felt was reluctant to visit said it would have been helpful if the person who died had been visited more often : ‘ It would have given her a lot more comfort and the staff a lot more confidence . ’ |
27 | ‘ I 'd have to know you a lot better before telling you such things . ’ |
28 | ‘ It would have saved me a lot of trouble . ’ |
29 | McGrath said : ‘ It could have done us a lot of good to have been beaten so heavily at Coventry . |
30 | And if we can hold it , the foal will still be frightened of us , and we will have to give it a lot more handling than we would have had to initially to undo its instinctive fear of us and learn accept us instead . |