Example sentences of "[vb base] a lot [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Yet the aim is for individuals on both sides to come together and explore , ex tempore , mutual areas of interest in the conference venue , the Glasgow Hilton , ( ’ I expect a lot of the business to be done in the corridors ’ , said Howell ) or at the Computer Solutions Show which runs simultaneously at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre . |
| 3 | These were much the best performances I have heard from him , and say a lot for the state of Horndean , Petersfield and Rogate Choral Societies , from whom the Festival Chorus were drawn . |
| 4 | Yeah alright we 'd better go and put the flowers in because I put a lot of the plants out this mo today . |
| 5 | So body language if you read a lot of the books on body language it takes one single action and it interprets it based on that . |
| 6 | I mean you read you read a lot in the press erm about people being mugged on the flats and er break-ins and all this sort of thing . |
| 7 | The academic , intellectual types also have a cultural background and are interested in aspects of the arts , and erm we are very fortunate , I think , also in that people are able to give more time than perhaps business people , and so a number of the members of the committee are university people and we are able to use the Gardner Arts Centre , which has become quite an exciting area , in that it 's open to experimental production , so therefore we attract a lot of the London critics . |
| 8 | That 's better than letting it drag and drag ; you lose a lot of the vibe that way . |
| 9 | Smooth yarns are advisable as , with fancy textured yarns , you lose a lot of the close-up detail . |
| 10 | In , in many ways there 's , well there 's as well is that repeat a lot of the things that are said |
| 11 | Yeah I get I mean I get the impression if you 're thinking about you know , the thefts from the people , I mean a lot of the time is the guy who 's visiting the prostitute , does n't report to us if his wallet 's been stolen , for the simple fact he was visiting a prostitute . |
| 12 | It was something you could see , you know , I mean a lot of the things I knew anyway and knowing them is a different problem from actually putting them right . |
| 13 | Well this came up actually on a on a radio sho er chat thing that was open to the public in Blaenau Ffestiniog last night er where the chair was saying erm well you know I mean a lot of the a lot of the people that have n't been very involved in this strike that I think should have been involved . |
| 14 | I mean a lot of the you know when we start getting rid of all the rubbish down that side ? |
| 15 | yeah , so why do they call him Harry all the time , Harry for a boy , that 's awful I mean a lot of the old names , we talked about the other day , a lot of the old names have come back for children , but I mean I do n't think Harry should be |
| 16 | But I mean a lot on the railway |
| 17 | Erm , we hear a lot about the holocaust that happened to the Jews in the second world war but not so many people know a lot about the holocaust that has happened to women over centuries and centuries where millions of women were burnt as witches , but er , just because they were women ! |
| 18 | I was a union representative for 14 years , and I know a lot about the industry and how important the legislation to protect the hours of working is to miners . |
| 19 | we have people who know a lot about the subject , and others who are bringing in their own items for us to assess |
| 20 | I know a lot of the Iceland do have a recycling |
| 21 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 22 | We know a lot of the regulars and they know us , so they play a game with the store detectives . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't even work at Chester 's , but I know a lot of the management are unhappy . |
| 24 | Michael Aspel was the one in er charge of it but you know a lot of the old people er and the old erm tt Muffin the Mule and the Fl |
| 25 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 26 | Erm , we hear a lot about the holocaust that happened to the Jews in the second world war but not so many people know a lot about the holocaust that has happened to women over centuries and centuries where millions of women were burnt as witches , but er , just because they were women ! |
| 27 | And I like a lot of the contemporary American rock groups . |
| 28 | And I still like a lot of the , the classics an and the good , the good English . |
| 29 | I rather like a lot of the G Plan stuff I like very much . |
| 30 | I think in the long view it is all to the good that the government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared before we come in . |