Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the amount of calls and the fact that they 're telephoned in different areas it seems a lot of trouble to go through if it was a hoax . |
| 2 | Today 's magnetic refrigerators themselves require a lot of refrigeration — they work only at temperatures below about 20K ( 20 above absolute zero ) . |
| 3 | Shafts of 200 fathoms ( 400 m ) were sunk near the coast through porous rocks which contained a lot of water . |
| 4 | Well we are we like doing the videos because er in the early days we had a lot of problems I suppose with ourselves and with the video people because they had planned ideas for the songs . |
| 5 | ‘ A girl called Francesca Wilson , who is doing work that involves rescuing dud companies which employ a lot of people in difficult areas . ’ |
| 6 | or ex-offenders or something in some category o or other , or er perhaps amongst young erm you know underprivileged groups who provide a lot of the erm juvenile criminals . |
| 7 | With primary pupils you get a lot of really complicated questions , and sometimes really good ones too . |
| 8 | In monetary terms it made a lot more sense to extend episode numbers within a serial , thereby getting more television hours with fewer changes in location . |
| 9 | He had a guilty liking for fat girls who laughed a lot and if ever he went off the rails … |
| 10 | If I show you the general norms it makes a lot more sense . |
| 11 | The convenient beach and steady winds are ideal for less experienced windsurfers who like a lot of freedom to do things in their own time , or to try other sports . |
| 12 | Back in Chania , the Calypso bar is filling with elderly Cretan men who click a lot : worry-beads clatter through their fiddling fingers , and they smack down counters on backgammon boards with ferocious violence . |
| 13 | All rocks , however , and especially basaltic rocks which contain a lot of iron minerals , are weakly magnetized , and this magnetism can be detected by sensitive instruments . |