Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] a lot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 2 | I do n't really think that I should get a lot of pleasure out of going to watch croquet tomorrow . |
| 3 | ‘ That I should play a lot of tennis . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Just that : that I should play a lot of tennis . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It did n't occur to you that I might have a lot on my mind ? |
| 6 | Nicky said : ‘ I suppose I 'll get a lot of enjoyment out of teaching and hope I hope I can pass on some useful advice . ’ |
| 7 | Oh I 'll get a lot of response out of that . |
| 8 | I 've admired his ability to get the best out of players and if I go into management , which is my aim , I 'll take a lot of Dave with me . ’ |
| 9 | Whatever it is I 'll need a lot of prayer . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll have a lot of time to go back over the past in the coming years , I suppose , wonder whether I made the right choices at the right time . ’ |
| 11 | I said you put one lot of checks in here and I 'll put a lot of checks in the other . |
| 12 | in my view thrown off without any reasonable excuse , because I felt that I could bring a lot of expertise to the health authority . |
| 13 | If the sport grows over the next 10 years as quickly as it has in the past five , I could make a lot of money . ’ |
| 14 | I could do a lot for you , my dear . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 16 | I could say a lot about ho , but anyway we started this and we used to go to the I L P , and we used to get packed meetings there on a Sunday night , and s then about nineteen , course we had the general strike , and through the general strike we was both in the I L P and we were doing everything we could you know , distributing the illegal leaflets , and er newspapers that we duplicated , on a hand duplicator . |
| 17 | I could hear a lot of shouting in the palace . |
| 18 | Over a cu , over a cup of tea , I could get a lot of information from you by saying |
| 19 | Oh you you you paid but you could always get a place there I could remember a lot of parking time when I was n't driving . |
| 20 | I could see a lot of people walking quickly . |
| 21 | I 'd do a lot for Sue , but a man has to draw the line somewhere . " |
| 22 | I 'd lay a lot of money on it ! |
| 23 | ‘ People had said to me that I 'd have a lot of spare time on the film set — oh sure ! |
| 24 | There was a sort of bird sanctuary on an island in the middle of the lake and I 'd spend a lot of my time watching the comings and goings of the inhabitants . |
| 25 | Although I had n't met him before , like many would-be adventurers I 'd read a lot about his life and experiences . |
| 26 | If that is the carrot to persuade this Parliament to give up such independence as it possesses and to move it on from the treaty of Rome , I would want a lot of persuading that that was in our best interests . |
| 27 | I would think a lot of the money is actually in property already or she 's got to have it in property |
| 28 | I would get a lot of satisfaction if the players went on to do well . ’ |
| 29 | I would say a lot of it is money . |
| 30 | I would imagine a lot of it could be . |