Example sentences of "have got a lot [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As I mentioned in the chapter on ‘ Teachers ’ , the Bible has got a lot of things to say about how we get on with other people .
2 The Neutrality Act has got a lot of watchdogs .
3 Jimmy has got a lot of winners in his team . ’
4 Commenting after the first sale Mr Wallace said : ‘ I think it has got a lot of scope for selling cattle .
5 Get the bomb squad out any way , but erm , the British army has got a lot of important that 's they way we would fight the Russians , take over a small hamlet , mortify it and that 's how the only way we would ever up the Russian 's grass nest , they take it very seriously , so what they did if they tell us how to do it , walks us through , show us what to do , let us do it and then they 'd make us do it again , but without any mistakes and that , it was really good and they showed us how to er mortify up a house , go , going through all the sewers and stuff is quite fun
6 Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic .
7 no he do n't bunk , he , he has got a lot of things , you know , he orders and that
8 It has got a lot of me on it .
9 We discovered that we 'd got a lot of unnecessary parts — things that were over-indulgent — so we chucked 'em out . ’
10 Next door , they 'd got a lot of kids and they used to play marbles , and they used to bounce on these concrete floors .
11 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 .
12 But Saddam had to just play the whole game , and er , he must have got a lot of propaganda out of this , must n't he ?
13 Somewhere along the way we seem to have got a lot of wires crossed . ’
14 And just finally I think compared to Europe we 've got a lot to be proud of .
15 You 've got a lot to be happy about .
16 My ethos was I 've got a lot of money , but I 've got to look after the people as far as I can who have helped to produce it and I am going to make it grow bigger for our successors .
17 We 've got a lot of friends whom we can talk to about a policy generally , and where we can put a word in .
18 I 've got a lot of time for … personnel … track record … . ’
19 I 'm interested in things outside of entertainment as well , and although I feel I 'm older than 21 , I have to remind myself that I am 21 and I 've got a lot of years ahead . ’
20 I 've got a lot of coloured friends .
21 But just at this particular time we 've got a lot of residents with Zimmer frames and they really just are n't steady enough without one of the care staff going across with them , which does happen .
22 We 've got a lot of electronics wizards over here you know . ’
23 I 've got a lot of preparation to do before first period . ’
24 I 've got a lot of respect for the boy !
25 She said something along the lines of : ‘ It 's all very worrying — I 've got a lot of them on my staff , you know — and I wonder if the Government is doing enough . ’
26 And on the promotion challenge , he added : ‘ I 've got a lot of sensible players here but the moment they think the job has been done , we 'll be in trouble .
27 I 've got a lot of players fighting to get in this team , and the Russian will have to join them . ’
28 I do n't think we 've got a lot of time .
29 GRAEME SOUNESS ( Spurs , Middlesbrough , Liverpool , Sampdoria , Rangers and Scotland — 1970-91 ) : ‘ I 've got a lot of admiration for him because he was a very passionate player and he looked after other players as well .
30 ‘ We 've got a lot of living to do before we settle down , ’ she said .
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