Example sentences of "[vb past] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one thing , on behalf of the museum services , I would like to thank Doreen Griffiths for the help she gave us in our exhibition , ’ Memories of Change ’ , which you can see in the exhibition room over there , and she contributed a lot of photographs , and her memories , and allowed herself to be taped and have her memories in our archive , and for that we give her a great thank , because it 's not always easy for the , sometimes for the first time to begin talking into a tape-recorder , so we thank her very much , and thank you very much for coming in and performing for us today ! |
| 2 | Last night 's presentation of this very old and very , very popular musical provided a lot of notice and much needed financial assistance for the superb Glenveagh Special Care School in south Belfast . |
| 3 | That was more or less his way of doing things and it cost a lot . |
| 4 | It cost a lot and looked lovely , and the BBC has commissioned a sequel . |
| 5 | Okay , so it cost a lot to get him half way across the world , but money does n't mean much if you ca n't use it wisely . ’ |
| 6 | Many RSC actresses removed their clothes , and it cost a lot less to make than that year 's high-brow smash , Brideshead Revisited . |
| 7 | ‘ It cost a lot of money . ’ |
| 8 | Well that cost a lot , but a bloody |
| 9 | His pace slackened when they entered a lot filled with cars . |
| 10 | In the 1970s and 1980s Reed changed a lot . |
| 11 | He changed a lot of things on the skis and sledges . |
| 12 | CATHERINE I suppose things changed a lot when she died . |
| 13 | It changed a lot basically the with the food and everything . |
| 14 | Her methods of child-rearing stand out as being more ‘ working-class ’ than ‘ middle-class ’ ; for example she smacked a lot and expected the three year old to be clean and tidy all the time : both these are areas in which the Newsons found social class differences in their study . |
| 15 | And I drew a lot of strength from that . |
| 16 | As he lay , with my arms wrapped around his body , I brought down my head hard on his face , and drew a lot of blood from him . |
| 17 | As a result , the p&l account need not necessarily be multi-columned , an issue that drew a lot of comment and criticism when FRED 1 and its preceding discussion draft was released . |
| 18 | As we walked through the open-air lobby on our way to the beach , we drew a lot of curious looks from the other guests at the resort . |
| 19 | Because that 's where I realised that the drama school training helped a lot . |
| 20 | I mean , radio work classes helped a lot in that respect . |
| 21 | ‘ It helped a lot that last summer was n't a hot one so the demand was that much lower . ’ |
| 22 | I found my knowledge of pattern making helped a lot with the knitting machine concept . |
| 23 | The rock was unusual , but my Boston conglomerate experience helped a lot and the great protection boosted confidence for my first lead of the season . |
| 24 | A committee at the Ministry of Labour had also worked out with industrialists methods of shifting the hours of work to avoid the winter peak times , and this load spreading helped a lot to contain industrial peak demand at these crucial times . |
| 25 | I made myself calm down and Miles Davis 's clear tones on the stereo helped a lot . |
| 26 | No I did n't , luckily , erm my mother 's family , probably the men in that family I had the influence o of of those men and I think that helped a lot . |
| 27 | So that in itself was a great boost for me and it er it helped a lot . |
| 28 | She helped a lot when Ted Yaxlee was dying . |
| 29 | er the audience contact when you were actually stood up in the front and you 're there on your own just getting a little bit of feedback from the audience itself er does help and then the playback which erm I think it helped a lot to see how you faired particularly on that fir first attempt what areas you had to concentrate on to rectify your problems . |
| 30 | I 'm sure you and Miguel helped a lot . ’ |