Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] a lot of " 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Oh I 'll get a lot of response out of that . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Whatever it is I 'll need a lot of prayer . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | I said you put one lot of checks in here and I 'll put a lot of checks in the other . |
| 11 | in my view thrown off without any reasonable excuse , because I felt that I could bring a lot of expertise to the health authority . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 14 | I could hear a lot of shouting in the palace . |
| 15 | Over a cu , over a cup of tea , I could get a lot of information from you by saying |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I could see a lot of people walking quickly . |
| 18 | I 'd lay a lot of money on it ! |
| 19 | ‘ People had said to me that I 'd have a lot of spare time on the film set — oh sure ! |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I would think a lot of the money is actually in property already or she 's got to have it in property |
| 23 | I would get a lot of satisfaction if the players went on to do well . ’ |
| 24 | I would say a lot of it is money . |
| 25 | I would imagine a lot of it could be . |
| 26 | I imagined I would have a lot of spare time , but my diary is always full . |
| 27 | Apart from doing the job of Principal ( for which I shall need a lot of help from the Lord ) , and living as a Christian I do n't yet know what the Lord wants me to do out there . |
| 28 | Well , I shall need a lot of persuasion to change my mind , but I 've known Edward for a very long time and we 're good friends . |
| 29 | The Institute seems to be rather vaguely organized , as they still have n't been able to tell me what students I am teaching — my teaching , it turns out , does n't start until Monday , but I have heard that an abnormally large number of students have signed up for my course , so I shall have a lot of marking of papers to do at the end of four weeks . |
| 30 | The judge told Hugh Carlisle , QC , for the MoD : ‘ I will need a lot of persuading that a bungalow is not the ideal position for somebody as severely injured as this young man . ’ |