Example sentences of "[verb] had [art] lot " in BNC.

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1 Other than that last point ( which goes some way towards alienating the Champ 25SE from its natural ally , the Stratocaster ) this is a good , solidly made amplifier , which has had a lot of thought put into its design , is likely to maintain its resale value and deserves examination .
2 Ray has had a lot to do with that . ’
3 A man who has had a lot of success in a relatively short space of time — he has been training 15 years — Homer Scott has already had a Liverpool winner .
4 For someone who is only 24 Charlie Swan has had a lot of falls and has broken both legs and arms as well as his nose .
5 Like you say , I do n't think he can be too good at , if he tried , he has had a lot of injuries apparently .
6 And a word about your two drivers Eddy — you 've got one with a lot of experience , one has had a lot of experience of pre-qualifying , but has n't really done much Grand Prix racing , is that a good balance ?
7 H. P. Some people would get a bottle of beer — we 'd had a lot of fellows come out of the army and they were fond of their drink and there 's no doubt that they could get it .
8 Ed told me he 'd had a lot of bitter arguments about this plan with Hauser . ’
9 Mind you , they 'd had a lot of practice . ’
10 erm people were starting to move out , and I think that , I think quite a lot of people , well although they 'd had a lot of information from the Local Authority , were still very unsure about how that would affect other benefits , in particular supplementary benefits , and single payments , and that , that , grants for , for the furniture , that kind of thing .
11 Oh , he 'd had a lot of silly nonsense to put up with , but that was only on the surface , he knew that really , and now that the children were off their hands they could be together more and she 'd be less hasty .
12 Of course he 'd had a lot on his mind .
13 When you had the nightmare , I assumed it was because you 'd had a lot of men without ever reaching any kind of genuine ecstasy with them . ’
14 ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally .
15 Cos you did n't know whether they 'd had er you know had a lot to drink or had a load of drugs and start going on the rampage or something .
16 I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’
17 I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback …
18 ‘ They must have had a lot of replies , ’ said Penelope .
19 If we 'd had half the help from British Government for crumbling schools we 've had from Europe , we 'd have had a lot more done .
20 They 'd have had a lot .
21 Well they must have had a lot of bottle .
22 ‘ Well , you 'd have had the lot pilfered if I had n't been guarding them and suffered the most ghastly discomfort in the process .
23 ‘ I do n't seem to have had a lot to smile about just lately .
24 He had had a lot of practice in persuading bullies not to thump him , and now he recognized in Simon , only too well , all the signs of a violent , bullying , and unpredictable nature .
25 He had had a lot of trouble with builders last year .
26 The interesting question is whether , if we had had a lot of tremendous tycoons who were interested in the arts , the story would be a different one ; we just have n't bred those sort of people in the last twenty or thirty years .
27 Well — what if there were , they had had a lot of him and would find through loss , perhaps , all sorts of qualities in themselves and others they would otherwise have missed .
28 That 's not the way I wanted it to be , but I had had a lot of disappointments lately .
29 The Jura alien had had a lot to say about Tellenorean life-forms .
30 Inspector Dave Jenkinson , said : ’ We had had a lot of complaints about drivers with no lane discipline .
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