Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously all of this detail I explain to you here I 'm just giving you a brief overview it 'll be explained a lot more on the training course . |
| 2 | ‘ He said : ‘ You are going to be given a lot of money and your life is safe . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He said : ‘ You are going to be given a lot of money and your life is safe . ’ |
| 4 | Gedge 's mother was pleased to see the band put our a tribute to Jones but would have preferred her son 's singing to be given a lot more prominence . |
| 5 | Erm you 'll hav have plenty of opportunity of writing them down and erm you 'll be given a lot of extracts of music like you probably were in that book |
| 6 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
| 7 | If your filter is to be sited a lot higher than the pond , perhaps to feed an impressive waterfall , remember that you will need a more powerful pump to raise the water to the filter . |
| 8 | With the introduction of the new conveyancing scheme the legal process of acquiring a home should be made a lot easier . |
| 9 | Only B and C come into the differences in energy between terms , so the process of ordering the terms can be made a lot simpler using Racah parameters . |
| 10 | They wanted the police to be seen a lot more . |
| 11 | I think it should be done a lot younger as well . |
| 12 | There was also criticism of the Scottish system 's period of ‘ adjustments ’ by both sides after claims and defences have been lodged , which was described by another as ‘ a lot of footering about altering original positions — which could all be done a lot faster ’ . |
| 13 | The management at Glascoed says scope exists for output to be pushed a lot higher . |
| 14 | Tom would have had to be pushed a lot further before he would have done it . |
| 15 | ‘ The shock waves will be felt a lot further than the streets of Tyneside . ’ |
| 16 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
| 17 | As the cockpit is likely to be used a lot while sailing in the trades and while in harbour , it seems a pity that the tiller should take up such a large amount of space , although when at rest it can be lifted out of the way . |
| 18 | but I think that a sort of , the time we have perhaps on a could be used a lot more constructively . |
| 19 | We parents in America seem to be cowed a lot . |
| 20 | The college could be improved a lot . |
| 21 | Bennett suggests that whatever precise outcome of the review , ‘ the climate of debate can be changed a lot before you actually do anything about it and that 's what will happen before the next election ’ . |