Example sentences of "[prep] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 2 | The next Saturday , armed with my pocket money , I waited for about an hour before the cheap-jack came to the knives , which after a lot of spiel were offered for sixpence — all I possessed . |
| 3 | ’ They all grabbed hold of him and , after a lot of yelling from Zach and one almighty heave , they yanked him out and fell backwards in the grass on top of a yelping Sammy . |
| 4 | ‘ After a lot of soul-searching , I have told the selectors I am available , ’ he said in July . |
| 5 | ‘ I think I narrowed it down after a lot of sifting through . |
| 6 | After a lot of bad feeling , the next thing I knew was Rosenberg , the producer , was on the set every day and Brando was arguing about every scene with him instead of me . |
| 7 | After a lot of hard work , they found they were uncovering a more or less intact skeleton . |
| 8 | Coleen was not going to be rushed and after a lot of thought she decided to go to stay with friends in England to think things over . |
| 9 | So , I used the ship 's sails , rope , and pieces of wood , and after a lot of hard work I had a very fine tent . |
| 10 | We approached 1991 with a very positive attitude and I am delighted to say , that most aspects of our business moved forward extremely well after a lot of hard work and determination to succeed . |
| 11 | Anyway after a lot of ‘ getting it right ’ man and wo-man had a child . |
| 12 | After a lot of effort it wriggled most of one arm free . |
| 13 | The Cross-Rail and channel tunnel high speed link are at nothing like the state of preparedness of Jubilee Line , that 's going ahead now after a lot of work , er th it it will not be the case er it that you can do either of those very quickly , Cross-Rail 's only just started going through the House of Commons . |
| 14 | To try and generate some more interest in aviation we looked into starting a project that was relevant to the area and after a lot of research we came up with a Flying Flea . |
| 15 | Er , I moved the original motion , and the thinking at the time was , after a lot of discussion , that eight one as it appears on the agenda , to maintain the estate at around it 's level was the correct decision . |
| 16 | Er they wanted to charge us eighty pence per transaction , and after a lot of argument we managed to pin them down er at er ten pounds for the at at the rate of two pounds fifty per quarter . |
| 17 | Gloucester had four first teamers out too … so it was still a realistic test … the second half was so kind to the cherry and whites as the welsh side came powering back … their only score was a try by Ford which came after a lot of pressure … 16-5 the final score the final verdict comes from coach Keith Richardson … |
| 18 | She went over and helped him up and offered to buy him breakfast which , after a lot of persuasion , he accepted . |
| 19 | After a lot of ranting and raving at his lack of success so far , he determines to launch an all-out attack on the guerrillas . |
| 20 | Its in black and white Take after a lot of the Nazis are strange . |
| 21 | ‘ I see that you 're a hell of a lot more cheerful . ’ |
| 22 | All they are doing is making a lot more money out of a lot more misery . ’ |
| 23 | Traditionally , country cottages and houses which have unusual or unique features or are in need of a lot of renovation may be auctioned , if only because valuation is likely to be difficult . |
| 24 | The Germans have counter attacked and inflicted a hell of a lot of casualties on the Black Watch . ’ |
| 25 | Ramsey entered this conference with a reputation outside England as well as inside it ; and the proceedings of the conference confirmed the opinion of a lot of bishops that he ought to be their next leader . |
| 26 | This is the typical career pattern of a lot of agents . |
| 27 | When I was put in charge of the start-up at Fawley at the ripe old age of twenty-nine most of my team were people who were twenty years older than I was and being on shift with a lot of operating people taught me the problems and the realisation that I could learn a hell of a lot from them — the realisation that the chap on the shop floor usually knows far more about what 's going on than management does . |
| 28 | This was because there are so many old Spanish customs within the company and rigidities of thinking which take a hell of a lot of changing when you 're talking about people . |
| 29 | There are a hell of a lot of myths perpetrated in this industry . |
| 30 | It is not entirely true to say everyone who is anyone has been coached there , but a heck of a lot have — Frank Tyson , Fred Titmus , Ted Dexter , Viv Richards and the teenage Ken Barrington , who hung around day after day asking questions . |