Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm sorry , you have been subsidizing me rather a lot lately . ’ |
2 | Recently I have noticed my fiancé 's brother is showing me rather a lot of attention . |
3 | I often notice him looking at me and paying me rather a lot of compliments . |
4 | We did get them better a lot of them at any rate . |
5 | But some of my friends would never tell their brothers a thing like that ; their brothers put them down a lot . |
6 | the water clean else it erm Do you clean yours out a lot ? |
7 | I thought I 'd have to give you back a lot more money . |
8 | ‘ I 'll hope to see you there a lot . |
9 | Ten minutes spent in this way could well save you quite a lot of time in the long run . |
10 | Some food names tell you quite a lot about what 's in the food , provided you know a lot about food law ! |
11 | This is why it does throw you quite a lot if another actor forgets his move , because it churns up in your brain the sequences you 've worked out and are expecting . ‘ |
12 | It 's just that your father and I … well , we thought he was a very pleasant young man , and he seemed to like you quite a lot . ’ |
13 | But his interests appear to remain firmly with the purchasers ' ‘ needs ’ — and pockets — as he advises : ‘ If you want to buy a girl from one of the escort firms it will cost you quite a lot . |
14 | Well it it tells you quite a lot , but it does n't actually mention that bit . |
15 | Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink . |
16 | The internal-combustion engine probably chews them up a lot more than anything that 's gone before , but the Patients themselves do n't alter . |
17 | keep telling me they 're putting them up a lot in the budget . |
18 | I always think of er as I say new bread always brings me back a lot of memories . |
19 | They like a lot of meat |
20 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
21 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
22 | ‘ Annie 's been chatting to him quite a lot , lately . |
23 | She admitted then she might have liked him quite a lot . |
24 | ‘ I like him quite a lot . ’ |
25 | Erm but dad visits him quite a lot . |
26 | But the prison system — not particularly capital punishment — but the penal system as it is , and the whole apparatus of judgement , people deciding on other people 's fates … that does irritate , and upset me quite a lot . ’ |
27 | They did pressure me quite a lot about how I looked , but I never gave in to their attempts to convert me to pink ; I wanted to look different , and in the main I was quite happy with my image . |
28 | I was missing the warmth of the people , although my two years in the ‘ east ’ gave me quite a lot of material which you will discover in the following pages . |
29 | I knit with a Brother 830 and enjoy it very much , I also look forward to your magazine each month which helps me quite a lot . |
30 | I used to go to him and say , ‘ Bill , please try and get them to do this ’ , and he did fight for me quite a lot , but it was an uphill struggle all the way . |