Example sentences of "they [vb mod] have a lot of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , they ca n't go out themselves , perhaps rock climbing , they may have a lot of other attributes , but they have n't that particular attribute . |
| 2 | ‘ They must have a lot of catching up to do . ’ |
| 3 | Well they must have a lot of money . |
| 4 | He 's engaged and they 're saving up to get married , but Helen and him thought it 'd be better to buy one now because they 'll have a lot of expenses after they 're married and wo n't have Helen 's wages . ’ |
| 5 | Erm Yeah they used to have a lot of trouble in submarines and things as they had problems with their batteries flooding and then they start to electrolyzing the sodium chloride , the salt the sea water , and getting chlorine given off . |
| 6 | Yes , and during that time they used to have a lot of people visiting from overseas |
| 7 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
| 8 | He was another character er there was er I remember they used to have a lot of socials and things at the church you know , it was very well attended I suppose in those days . |