Example sentences of "have done a lot " in BNC.

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1 We have had that moulder now for three or four years and it has done a lot of work .
2 What has been achieved by 3i over the years is a very clear demonstration that the banking system has done a lot to help the growth of small and medium-sized businesses .
3 I think she has done a lot to help the plight of animals , ’ commented Delia .
4 HUSSEY has done a lot of good at the BBC , making it more accountable .
5 Peter Maddison , Head of the International School of the Algarve ( Porches , 8400 Lagoa ) has done a lot of work in the area of content in language teaching , particularly in respect of French as a foreign language .
6 ‘ I got the work through the musical director Dave Clayton , who has done a lot of work with people like George Michael .
7 ‘ Citroen has done a lot of work in this area , starting back with the BX and this is now paying off with insurance quotes across the model range . ’
8 The lad has done a lot for the club out in the middle and in the dressing room , but has n't answered our prime need — someone to knock over the opposition .
9 Tata Consultancy Services , the Indian company , says it has done a lot of work for Unix System Labs on Unix device drivers and hopes to get more work now that it has bought into the firm ( UX No 378 ) .
10 Erm if the car has done a lot of mileage , will you get a lot of money for it or will you get less money ?
11 Bob McMillan , managing director of Honda Racing , said : ‘ Joey has done a lot for us over the years and he thoroughly deserves this gesture .
12 Luis Vargas , an Archuar Indian , said that Indians no longer wanted British Gas on their land and were no longer prepared to negotiate with the company , " British Gas has done a lot of damage in our forest " he said .
13 Yeah Now Pomerance , who 's one of the people in the quote , has done a lot of work recently er by that in the last five six years , looking at how we can investigate the , or objectify , the measures that w or the laws that were used by the .
14 He has done a lot of thinking and he has concluded the labour party is finished for him and I think a lot more people will do the same .
15 The panel which selected Cllr Cooper described her as ‘ a shining light to others ’ and ‘ a woman who has done a lot for Liverpool . ’
16 The irony of it is this is that he has done a lot , he gave ten thousand
17 He has done a lot .
18 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 .
19 Not that I 'd done a lot towards it even if she listened to me .
20 I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh .
21 ‘ I 'd done a lot of training , going to the gym three times a week and now I 'm one of the top boxers for my age and weight .
22 now the best of the timber he had Gottonam Peters , the builders that were , I mean they were building a lot then and I 'm going back now to the fifties and the sixties Gottonam Peters they 'd done a lot of building in Upton in Chester and erm , developments er expect building sort of thing and er , they used to buy in all the three by twos and four by threes that he could get , the good ones second hand
23 Now I knew of no better , and Alan should 've known better because he 'd done a lot more removals than I had and he said Oh you 're alright Neal , do n't worry .
24 We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’
25 ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more .
26 In fact er they should have done a lot better , but a lot of Conservative voters did n't bother going out to vote cos it was a foregone conclusion .
27 If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school .
28 He would have done a lot better with Speich , but the burly , moustached German did n't look very sentimental .
29 As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’
30 But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better .
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