Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] [noun] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may save bands a lot of money . |
| 2 | Oliver wondered why the old man lived in such an old , dirty place , when he had so many watches , but then he thought that it must cost Fagin a lot of money to look after the Dodger and the other boys . |
| 3 | It saved some bacon here and was a morale booster there — after all , it could have bee a lot worse . |
| 4 | It would make things a lot easier for her — for both of them — if they could manage to end this marriage on a fairly amicable note , instead of in a flood of tension and arguments . |
| 5 | It would make life a lot simpler to do these alterations when the words exist as digits in a computer 's memory , rather than as solid chunks of metal in the composing room . |
| 6 | That it would make life a lot happier for Manningham if he closed the deal at the price offered . |
| 7 | Geoff Butterwick , public transport manager for Suffolk County Council , said : ‘ We 've only had it for a few weeks but it 's already proving useful and I 'm sure it will make life a lot easier . |
| 8 | But it can make things a lot better for the sick , wounded and prisoners , as it was meant to . |