Example sentences of "lot [prep] [noun] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gainsborough 's executives were pushed very much against their will into an expensive production of Christopher Columbus ( 1949 ) , simply because a lot of money had been spent on a script . |
| 2 | Erm , but quite a lot of work had been done , and there are another twenty four classes going to be this week , erm , staff recruitment is complete , staff training is complete . |
| 3 | Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then . |
| 4 | ‘ But it also meant a lot of brances had been washed down and the river has a lot of snags anyway . |
| 5 | It 's a kind of review of the year 's work and a lot of trouble had been taken by everyone . |
| 6 | He did n't affect his upper-class accent that a lot of people believed was natural Williams speak . |
| 7 | She got a , I think she got a bit of a shock you know she actually probably thought she was better than she was and a lot of people had been giving her a lot of pats on the back and I tell you where half of that emanated from was down the corridor . |
| 8 | W w where they w w once when they 'd been installed or was it thought that it a mistake had been made in obviously a lot of cash had been spent on them but erm , was it considered a mis a waste of money or ? |
| 9 | There the plaintiff passenger 's damages were reduced by 20 per cent because he had been out drinking with the defendant driver and a lot of beer had been consumed by both the plaintiff and the defendant . |
| 10 | A lot of humans had been in to look at him in the last few minutes . |