Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still in his Union job and seemed to do a lot of travelling . |
| 2 | Rory did n't really know Fergus Urvill very well ; although he did sometimes visit Lochgair , he spoke differently — posher — and seemed to spend a lot of his time shooting at birds and animals with other rich people . |
| 3 | Her interviews with a cross-section of women and bound to get a lot of press . |
| 4 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |
| 5 | Luckily we had a strong team and managed to gain a lot of points which ultimately clinched it for us . ’ |
| 6 | Some of the newly qualified teachers , perhaps , found some difficulties initially in coping with the wide range of abilities the mixed ability classes presented them with , and in some ways the school was not well provided with in-service support for mixed ability teaching and had to do a lot of their own work in terms of the appropriate methods to choose , the appropriate resources , the appropriate materials to develop . |
| 7 | Some of the newly qualified teachers , perhaps , found some difficulties initially in coping with the wide range of abilities their mixed ability classes presented them with , and in some ways the school was not well provided with in-service support for mixed ability teaching and had to do a lot of their own work in terms of the appropriate methods to choose , the appropriate resources , the appropriate materials to develop . |
| 8 | Since his experience of captaincy was limited , he had not believed he would be appointed ; but he had had his hopes , and had thought a lot about the team 's problems . |
| 9 | Uncle Joe used to advise local farmers on sheep-breeding and had spent a lot of time on Tina 's family farm . |
| 10 | And had changed a lot in that time then ? |