Example sentences of "a lot of [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Well this is part of a one million er £ er campaign to try and raise money for a lot of projects that we run in eight countries in southern Africa , from Angola to Mozambique , where our , the problems are absolutely horrendous er civil war in Mozambique for example , in Malawi , one in ten of the population are refugees , principally from Mozambiquan civil war , arriving at refugee camps in Bark and absolutely nothing er at all in terms of possessions .
2 They were chattering like a lot of parrots but I listened to what was said .
3 SINEAD O'Connor came in for a lot of flack when she tore the picture of the Pope on American television but by selling her home for charity she has put her money where her mouth is .
4 Our beamy Bénéteau made a lot of noise as she slammed down into the troughs before climbing the next steep wave .
5 I remember being podgy , no make-up , an unsmart lady but I made a lot of noise and he seemed to like that . ’
6 Erm our view was that there are erm problems associated with er an inner relief road and one of one of those problems was the amount of traffic that would pass through End at Knaresborough , there was a lot of concern as we spelt out to members in our er committee report that erm traffic erm along Forest Lane Head towards Knaresborough along the A existing A fifty nine corridor , would actually increase over the do nothing situation .
7 Oh they used to be ever so funny houses you know and in them days and The er you never used to see in the oh a lot of houses and you never used to see big windows like these .
8 Does it not make a lot of sense because it rings true to our experience ?
9 You may need a lot of confidence a lot of support and you might even need some help looking after your children if they 're quite young .
10 It takes a while for them to actually settle in , and they need quite a lot of support because we do work in teams and they 're quite well established teams with definite personalities .
11 erm he would get , he would get a lot of support because it is , it can be read as r as being restorationist but
12 I think what we would now say is that of course women are extremely competent programme-makers , but there is n't a lot of evidence that they want to cover different topics .
13 Certainly there is a lot of evidence that we have senses other than the ‘ official ’ six .
14 It 's a very distressing erm syndrome for many women and er there 's quite a lot of evidence that it 's hormonally linked and most women suffer from it in one way or another .
15 Bernard , you 've been to a lot of meetings since we last talked to you , what 's been happening in the speedway world ?
16 They was playing a lot of punches and he were n't , they were hitti going into his
17 ‘ It brought me a lot of luck and I hope it brings her just as much . ’
18 Well our pits there 's a lot of water but it 's , it 's mostly body sweat and s I do get some water off a , a machine that I drive .
19 And churning and the carrying water for er for to for for the household and needed a lot of water when you were churning to wash the the butter properly .
20 fruit and she eats a lot of salad cos she loves salad you know
21 But he 's had a lot of space and he 's by and large used it very very well .
22 And I have a job which involves quite a lot of travel so I am not too restricted about where I live .
23 Jimmy had a lot of flair but it did n't help him win . ’
24 Although ComputerEasy Draw is more basic than the more expensive packages , you wo n't be paying for a lot of functions that you will rarely or never use , and it 's certainly rich enough in features to make it a worthwhile investment for most everyday drawing requirements .
25 But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal .
26 But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal .
27 and I do n't want to , I do n't want to get involved with a lot of money that we 'd have to outlay for upkeep until we 've gone into it thoroughly .
28 ‘ We have n't a lot of money so it 's great to get recognition . ’
29 ‘ When Boon began , I felt guilty about earning a lot of money so I became a soft touch for begging letters and charity appeals , ’ he said .
30 They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service .
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