Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many depressed people just withdraw into themselves , they may sleep a lot in the day but have wakeful nights . |
| 2 | They may seem a lot , but in fact they fit easily into a single bag . |
| 3 | In other words , they ca n't go out themselves , perhaps rock climbing , they may have a lot of other attributes , but they have n't that particular attribute . |
| 4 | ‘ They must make a lot of dusting . ‘ |
| 5 | ‘ They must have a lot of catching up to do . ’ |
| 6 | Well they must have a lot of money . |
| 7 | Because they must , I mean even though Mark 's are good suits , I mean they must get a lot of wear . |
| 8 | TMD Carat head of press Paul Shalet says : ‘ If they can sell 250,000 copies and get sponsorship for it as well , they should make a lot of money . ’ |
| 9 | He 's engaged and they 're saving up to get married , but Helen and him thought it 'd be better to buy one now because they 'll have a lot of expenses after they 're married and wo n't have Helen 's wages . ’ |
| 10 | but erm , you know , they 'll get a lot of trouble and there 's a register , there 's a natural register of assessors and if an assessor is not seen to be doing his job he 'll get struck off basically and that will cause major problems then |
| 11 | And because they get paid a lot of money they 'll put a lot more into it . |
| 12 | Fellows from universities who fought in Spain are being given jobs in Intelligence or Censorship where they could do a lot more damage as traitors than a squaddy like I 'd be . |
| 13 | Captain America and Billy the Kid had blown it when they believed they could make a lot of money and retire , but life was not simply about economics ; they had , according to Fonda , found their freedom but their liberty was like the statue in New York harbour , surrounded by polluted waters . |
| 14 | SUNSCREEM ARE about as far removed from rock music and spurious notions of ‘ cutting it live ’ as it 's possible to get , but as one of the few rave-oriented acts around who actually play live they could teach a lot of aspiring indie acts a thing or seven about live entertainment . |
| 15 | They could see a lot of lorries , and a lot of men were working there , building the new town . |
| 16 | They said they 'd give a lot of help . |
| 17 | " Some people would give their eyes to — well , they 'd give a lot to have your eyesight at your age . " |
| 18 | They used to drink a lot of beer in groups which I did n't like myself . |
| 19 | I mean they were on farms all round here and erm people used to , they used to do a lot of toys . |
| 20 | They used to do a lot of these er mosquito nets . |
| 21 | Ooh well they used to well they did n't used to sing a lot of songs but er they used to do a lot of you know playing about and perhaps and then they 'd perhaps have a ball . |
| 22 | You know how they used to do a lot of weaving , they do n't do so much now . |
| 23 | They used to wear a lot of the collars with a , with a wing on the hard collar , you know , they used to wear a hard collar then . |
| 24 | Cut it up in the rump and the topside , silverside and erm and take the shin off and the loin of beef , you see , and your flank and you 'd take your suet out , you see , cos they used to sell a lot of suet in them days . |
| 25 | If I go to my baker I 'll er , I 'll fetch one back and I 'll show ya , they , they used to grow a lot during war to make jam on to subsidize folk to make jam and stuff like that you know |
| 26 | Aye and mind the lasses they used to play a lot with instead of marbles they were working with . |
| 27 | Erm Yeah they used to have a lot of trouble in submarines and things as they had problems with their batteries flooding and then they start to electrolyzing the sodium chloride , the salt the sea water , and getting chlorine given off . |
| 28 | Yes , and during that time they used to have a lot of people visiting from overseas |
| 29 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
| 30 | He was another character er there was er I remember they used to have a lot of socials and things at the church you know , it was very well attended I suppose in those days . |