Example sentences of "[verb] it [modal v] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the body contains more collagen than any other protein : it should be no surprise that protecting it could do a lot of good . |
| 2 | ‘ Now the rally 's been banned , ’ says Scargill , who looks nothing like his more-famous uncle , ‘ I expect it will attract a lot of people . ’ |
| 3 | If I succeed it will unlock a lot of the mystery of what 's been done on Titron . |
| 4 | And it takes it must take a lot longer to produce a plane like the Tornado and a Spitfire or a Lancaster in erm the days of erm nineteen forty three |
| 5 | Central government may assign a local authority a large guideline figure for capital expenditure but also assume it will finance a lot of it from sales of council houses , for example , and hence give a small credit approval . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose it 'll shock a lot of people , ’ admitted Jennifer , 33 . |
| 7 | I reckon it would stop a lot of trouble if they issued sex dolls in prisons and hospitals on the NHS . ’ |
| 8 | ( Crick , 1979 , p. 132 ) The language is not so hard to understand , and it is jejune to suppose that not knowing it has impeded philosophy , or that knowing it will help a lot . ) |
| 9 | Because fruit is not very nutritious in proportion to its bulk , animals that eat it must consume a lot . |
| 10 | I think it will work a lot better once we get boxes basically |
| 11 | ‘ Yes — but unless I 'm mistaken it 'll mean a lot more to the man who attacked Anna . |
| 12 | we 've done very well for escaping it , the only trouble is we have n't got the rain and now , this , this coming summer I dread to think what 's gon na happen , look how dry those fields are , just look at it if we get a wind up , if we , a wind starts to blow it 'll move a lot of this , it will just lift it up into the air , we 'll get clouds of soil blowing all over the place . |
| 13 | Managing to be positive when you are in pain is easier said than done , but the way in which you handle it could have a lot to do with your own personality . |