Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [verb] a lot " in BNC.

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1 During the hot summers I 've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit .
2 In other words , there are certain roles which are tailor-made for certain people who will go along and just be more or less themselves , and other roles which do require a lot of — if you like — psychoanalysis beforehand to get the most out of the part . ’
3 But in the last few months he 's had a lot to cope with following the death of his best friend in a road accident .
4 In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations .
5 There are ways of paying your fuel bills which make budgeting a lot easier .
6 In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream .
7 Er we 've been in , ten years in this shop and er , for those ten years I have experienced a lot of er difference in the attitudes of Muslim women as well .
8 ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others .
9 If Chancellor Norman Lamont wants to ease their burden he should begin by penalising those uncaring banks which have caused a lot of this misery in the first place .
10 In the past two days we have heard a lot about students .
11 ‘ Since INR1 has been made off-limits to baby-boomers it has become a lot less attractive , ’ says Tim Schoonmaker , head of radio at EMAP , a magazine publisher once expected to bid .
12 Establishing the defence might be very important to the manufacturer if over the years he has supplied a lot of such gloves and a lot of wearers have suffered arthritis because of them .
13 Er c c the density of , of the Street itself er cos you was nine terraces with twenty four houses in , in two hundred yards you 've got a lot of people together have n't you ?
14 Also the same if you 're playing football with Jim on Thursday you could also just mention to , I 'll leave you a couple of these er these leaflets which do explain a lot of the areas we 've covered tonight , erm perhaps you could give one to Peter or
15 The profiles of outstanding men who 'd achieved a lot were supposed to give data for the development of new drugs .
16 He was shot trying to stop some guys who came to steal a lot of our money .
17 You dress to impress , the clothes you wear say a lot for you . ’
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