Example sentences of "they have [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have seen a lot of world now — Rome , London , New York and Paris — and like most girls of their age are not yet discontented with this necessarily tourist oriented relationship with the outside world . |
| 2 | ‘ They have caused a lot of interest here , as we are a small school with just 60 pupils , ’ she said . |
| 3 | They have caused a lot of upset in our family . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ They have incorporated a lot of me in the role . |
| 5 | As for Unix , Morales said that Stratus has met similar problems to other manufacturers — many customers are n't willing to alter systems in which they have invested a lot of money and personnel over the years . |
| 6 | In practice , people are very reluctant to give up a theory in which they have invested a lot of time and effort . |
| 7 | They have to learn a lot of different skills , and also in business nothing happens unless you 're good at organizing teams , so businessmen often get good at working with people , which is , I think , a hugely important experience so far as helping people to grow up is concerned . |
| 8 | If they have to make a lot of noise , spend a lot of time or risk being seen while breaking into your home , they may not even bother . |
| 9 | They have to have a lot of rules built in . |
| 10 | Demi Moore , Molly Ringwald and Diane Lane head the female contingent — and they have proved a lot less excessive with their lives than some of their male colleagues . |
| 11 | Whereas pubs are different , they are out , they have to pay a lot of people and their rent and everything else and they are ours to make a profit . |
| 12 | ‘ I have agreed with his owner to let him run at Newbury because they have had a lot of rain down south . ’ |
| 13 | They have had a lot of games in a short time . |