Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to carry on as an airborne soldier , a paratrooper , enjoying the prestige which came from being part of an elite , and also the better pay and training opportunities that were the lot of such units . |
| 2 | The comfortable classes could take it for granted that such conditions were the lot of the working classes : sad but normal . |
| 3 | There were a lot of people older than me with more experience of life . |
| 4 | ‘ There were a lot of problems with the welfare state , ’ I said , ‘ but that was no reason for trying to do away with it . ’ |
| 5 | For some reason this inspires the barman to tell me there were a lot of good boxers in the 1980s because they were hungry . |
| 6 | There were a lot of policemen in surrounding streets and in the park adjoining the embassy from which the refugees have clambered into the grounds . |
| 7 | There were a lot of French-Canadian soldiers stationed in the area , together with British and Americans , and a weekly film show was put on for all-comers in the Methodist chapel on Saturday nights . |
| 8 | They were a lot of car for the money , too , remember , with character and a few of the rough edges that are inevitable with a true specialist car . |
| 9 | There were a lot of old blokes , and women , even some elderly women . |
| 10 | The club itself was mainly hippies — art students and hippies — there were a lot of drugs around and the Three Tuns used to stink of dope every week . |
| 11 | There were a lot of plants and the cats felt they were in a jungle of their own in the hall . |
| 12 | There were a lot of wonderful things about the organisation and about Tony DeFries — he really is a wonderful man and gave a lot of people a lot of opportunities , but we all took it so much for granted . |
| 13 | In 1988 Mr Purchase set up his exchange operation in a street where there were a lot of junkies . |
| 14 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 15 | Numbers were a lot lower in the ploughed foreground than the minimum cultivation area behind . |
| 16 | ‘ There were a lot of seductive scenes and that sort of stuff and a lot of characters that were a complete copy of Charlene and I wanted to get away from that . ’ |
| 17 | Howard Keizner , of Landlords , said : ‘ There were a lot of complications with this particular letting and management . ’ |
| 18 | There were a lot of dots and squiggles and he said that it was a picture of the crocodile eating Captain Hook . |
| 19 | ‘ There were a lot of one-offs in the figures . ’ |
| 20 | There were a lot of purchases of utility stocks — especially BT partly-paid . ’ |
| 21 | There were a lot of people around . |
| 22 | There were a lot of people like that . ’ |
| 23 | Kuzmitch did mention that Blake had been unimpressed by the American and British intervention in South Korea but so too were a lot of other people . |
| 24 | There were a lot of holiday-makers currently in Heymouth , as it was an extremely popular resort . |
| 25 | ‘ There were a lot of rooms in my house and people could take their private little trips . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought there were a lot of good things happening on the Herald . |
| 27 | There were a lot of complicated lifts , and Hayden found some moments of the opening duet highly erotic ; the witches and other apparitions were given some ghoulishly eccentric movements . |
| 28 | To that extent there was greater cohesion in Cabinet , because there were a lot of new faces who owed their promotion much more to her than to their record in the party . |
| 29 | The architects were a lot smarter than the Governments . |
| 30 | Not all were up to the standard of Miss Clarke , most were a lot older . |