Example sentences of "[vb base] been a lot " in BNC.

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1 There 've been a lot of valuable plants and bulbs stolen from the Botanical Gardens during the last few weeks .
2 ‘ I 've been a lot harder as a character in the past couple of years .
3 ‘ I 've been a lot . ’
4 So it seems to me that those sociologists , and there 've been a lot of them , who have taken the view that Freud like some other social thinkers , like any of their kind , for example , was a , was simply a Hobbesian thinker , had n't really read their Freud , or at least they had n't read their Freud after about World War One .
5 I think you 've been a lot more conscientious and got a lot er , potentially a lot more out of it .
6 and er , he said if he 's not better , any better when he goes back in a fortnight he 's gon na send him to a chest specialist , but you 've been a lot better have n't you ?
7 In the Telegraph they 've got all the things we 've been a lot of them
8 Yes he is , you 've been a lot of help , thanks .
9 ‘ Not many of the original lot that landed at La Breche five days ago , ’ I replied , ‘ There have been a lot of casualties since the landing , many of them caused by mortar fire over the past few days .
10 In fact there have been a lot of famous women gardeners and not-so-famous women gardeners .
11 There have been a lot of sacrifices but we have our own identity again . ’
12 ‘ There have been a lot of stories recently which I would have handled differently . ’
13 The trust gets money and they pay their expenses and there have been a lot of lawyers ' expenses and the expenses of the Swiss foundation , which is also a beneficiary of this trust .
14 There have been a lot of ups and downs .
15 ‘ I think there have been a lot of people who had a problem in Hollywood because they were too good-looking or too charming .
16 She made sure that the door was properly shut , and then said , still speaking in a whisper , " There have been a lot of rumours in the office .
17 Rabbits do n't come out much any more because recently there have been a lot of deer in the way .
18 Er but there have been a lot of issues and we 've done well in that field but of course it does n't produce the same kind of fee income as the M and A activity .
19 There have been a lot of studies done with regard to morale and job satisfaction and it has been shown that , that if people are well trained , they feel a lot more loyalty towards the company cos they feel that somebody 's actually taking responsibility for their training and development .
20 There have been a lot of strangers in the place — workmen — "
21 There have been a lot of personnel changes at Oxford Cheetahs in the closed season .
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