Example sentences of "lot [prep] [noun] [vb base] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the cold war declared over , a lot of Europeans wonder whether they still need a NATO . |
| 2 | She ai n't got a boyfriend or nothing — not a proper one , but still a lot of boys come and see her . |
| 3 | A lot of customers accept that because they do n't really know what their statutory rights are . |
| 4 | A lot of women write and say I wish I 'd met you 20 years ago . |
| 5 | An awful lot of women have but are n't told so . |
| 6 | ‘ Ronnie Moran and Roy Evans have been through a lot and seen a lot of players come and go . |
| 7 | That 's why a lot of skins argue that the only ‘ authentic ’ music is the original Jamaican ska and rocksteady of the early to mid 60's . |
| 8 | Er you fi What the feminist the schools says that a lot of languages minimize and trivialize interests and achievements of women and denigrate them by the way in which they use language and the way in which they talk about things . |
| 9 | A lot of co-ops fold because they 're trying to run it themselves as well as putting out the products . ’ |
| 10 | I did all the cleaning , cooking and kept his books in order , which was no mean feat because he had a lot of clients call and all the money passed through my hands . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A lot of people stop when they start earning money . |
| 12 | ‘ We want our software to be widely available to anyone that wants it — a lot of people pick and choose the bits they want ’ . |
| 13 | A lot of people fear that if the Doctor is taken off for 18 months , he may never return . ’ |
| 14 | I have come from London to see you , a lot of people know that , and I have a taxi waiting outside with my luggage in it . ’ |
| 15 | Not a lot of people know that , ’ he continued , dropping unexpectedly into his Michael Caine persona . |
| 16 | A lot of people know that I 'm finishing tonight so I might get bought quite a few drinks . |
| 17 | Lots , lots of people claim , in fact ever such a lot of people claim that they 've got communication with the dead , for instance that , as you know I 've got a caravan ai n't I at Rudyard Lake ? |
| 18 | And a lot of people realise that the things they thought they were going to do ( marry for love and have three children ) or hoped to do ( swim for Great Britain ) are less likely to come true . |
| 19 | A lot of people say that you should n't hack young horses out on their own for months , if at all , but I 've always preferred the theory that if horses do n't learn to go out alone from the start you set up problems for later on . |
| 20 | A lot of people say that if you play fast you have no feeling , which is completely wrong . |
| 21 | A lot of people say that if you play fast you have no feeling , which is completely wrong . |
| 22 | A lot of people say that since Bailey had kids he 's become human . ’ |
| 23 | A lot of people say that cavers are mad , that they cause a lot of trouble getting themselves stuck , and that they would n't do it themselves for a gold onion . |
| 24 | ‘ A lot of people say that living off immoral earnings is a victimless crime . |
| 25 | A lot of people drink but it 's unfortunate because I am famous and well known people try to have a dig at that side of it . |
| 26 | A lot of people suspect that blocking savers ' access to their money violates the new constitution 's explicit ban on compulsory loans to the government . |
| 27 | I had done what a lot of people do when struck with shyness — tried to detach myself from a situation because I anticipated rejection . |
| 28 | A lot of people think that they 're housewives and they 're cabbages ; I do n't like to think I 'm only a housewife … |
| 29 | A lot of people think that round here , several of us did it in my street because we wanted to get away . |
| 30 | I think the problem with feminism is that a lot of people think that somehow you have to understand an awful lot of things , you have to read a lot of books , and you 've got to understand a whole lot of different theories , before you can call yourself a feminist . |