Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’ |
2 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
3 | Erm but I do n't think we , if we 'd have done a lot more work you know , it 'd have been any better . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally . |
6 | If we 'd fought that election on the trade union agenda , we would have won a lot more votes than the campaign issues chosen by the professionals . |
7 | Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right . |