Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [been] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been a lot . |
| 2 | It could have been a lot worse . |
| 3 | It could have been a lot worse . |
| 4 | ‘ We were just shocked after the robbery but felt that it could have been a lot worse and no great harm had been done to anybody . |
| 5 | School terms in Annapolis , and holidays in the White Mountains , it could have been a lot worse . |
| 6 | ‘ It could have been a lot worse ; but I 'm sorry about the penicillin . ’ |
| 7 | It could have been a lot more brightly lit . |
| 8 | It could have been a lot worse , it 's not going to hold me up too much . |
| 9 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |
| 10 | She lost the fingers of one hand in the accident but she admits it could have been a lot worse . |
| 11 | It could have been a lot more but for the brave actions of some people . |
| 12 | And it has been revealed that if the flames had spread to gas lines in the science block at Dyke House School in Hartlepool it could have been a lot worse . |
| 13 | It could have been a lot worse . |
| 14 | It would have been a lot easier to have done nothing . |
| 15 | This might seem like a horrifying amount to spend in eight months ( and it would have been a lot more were Caterham 's labour rate not a reasonable £20 an hour ) , but you have to remind yourself that five services would last the average Caterham owner until 1996 . |
| 16 | But if you , if you could have got the stuff over there , it would have been a lot simpler . |