Example sentences of "[vb mod] have done [art] lot " in BNC.

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1 We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’
2 In fact er they should have done a lot better , but a lot of Conservative voters did n't bother going out to vote cos it was a foregone conclusion .
3 If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school .
4 As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’
5 But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better .
6 Erm but I do n't think we , if we 'd have done a lot more work you know , it 'd have been any better .
7 ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more .
8 He would have done a lot better with Speich , but the burly , moustached German did n't look very sentimental .
9 If you are going up to senior positions movement is essential ; even people who may plateau out at middle management will have done a lot of different jobs for three , four , five years .
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