Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , we do know quite a lot about erm , why it is that when you diet you start to think about food all the time , and why it is that certain things happen , and I think that there 's more and more information and knowledge being gathered and yes , the na , the desire to change has to come from the individual but perhaps , having clinics available where people can go when they 're ready to change or where they can get help . |
| 2 | Well if you if you could n't read it yeah you can get someone to help you but if you ca n't u usually see you know quite a lot of words . |
| 3 | You do know quite a lot but you 're thinking , phworgh where does he get that from . |
| 4 | One of the things you have to remember is that you do actually know quite a lot about how the media operate already . |
| 5 | But it will render precise almost every judgment on run-outs , and that alone would clear away a lot of dirt . |
| 6 | There does not seem to be this intense aggression in my aquarium , obviously the size of the tank does give quite a lot of room for manoeuvre , but as I said earlier , as I add more Emperors , a close watch will have to be kept on them . |
| 7 | And to qualify for that grant , you have got to submit two er your programme for the year and you 've got ta give the secretaries , you 've got to give a report and you 've got to give your balance sheet and er , Jean is always , I must say , very pleased with mine because erm you know , we do give quite a lot to charity . |
| 8 | Of course the young girls , they sometimes started off very enthusiastic and perhaps did do quite a lot without realising the implications and effect of it but the older women often had trouble keeping up . |
| 9 | Oh they can do quite a lot of it . |
| 10 | When we 're away though next week , I think they 'll do quite a lot of stuff inside and But they 're doing some for The same team are doing some friends of ours on Main Road and of course most of the people are down there . |
| 11 | ’ Locally , they can do quite a lot of damage . |
| 12 | Properly targeted , together with training incentives , the Chancellor could do quite a lot at not a huge cost . |
| 13 | Well I do n't think it would give a burnt taste but I think , I think it probably could do quite a lot of good for it . |
| 14 | Yeah , so I will do quite a lot of erm , stuff erm I should say in geography , sort of work in geography for that things . |
| 15 | I think it 's , it really begins in the home , this , because mothers can do quite a lot in not educating their own sons to think of them as servants . |
| 16 | Well , yes , that 's absolutely right , and I think we 've always taken it as part of our responsibilities here really that they should extend over towards students in schools as well as students here at the university , and we do of course do quite a lot , in various ways , across the science area , to contribute towards science in schools . |
| 17 | I think — it really begins in the home this because it 's — mothers can do quite a lot in not educating their own sons to think of them as servants . |
| 18 | A curve is a good shape to choose if there are plenty of items that you wish to include in the picture , as it can accommodate quite a lot of material . |
| 19 | Talking to journalist Brian Connell , he said : ‘ You have got to choose somebody very carefully who could fulfil this particular role because people like you , perhaps , would expect quite a lot from somebody like that and it has got to be somebody pretty special . ’ |
| 20 | If you are going to the school yourself , you can probably collect quite a lot of this general information by chatting with the teacher and pupils and noting down details of the surroundings . |
| 21 | So would you would you work overtime a lot ? |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll spend quite a lot on , say , a Mondi jacket , but will wear it with cheaper skirts from Marks & Spencer and Principles . |
| 23 | You can then complete it and then he will make an appointment with you to come to your house and he 'll spend quite a lot of time they really do ascertaining your personal circumstances . |
| 24 | You can spend quite a lot of time subsequently getting the machine configured just as you want it but at least you can relax in the knowledge that it all works and the difficult part of the upgrade is well and truly over . |
| 25 | We need to sca scrape quite a lot of that out but erm not all by any means . |
| 26 | We have had quite a few trainees , youth trainees in garden centres , and golf courses , which surprised me , but golf courses apparently could use quite a lot of people . |
| 27 | They were glazed with ribbed glass , you could see quite a lot of them on Chipping Field , still , er and nearly everyone who 's bought their houses have altered the doors , but a lot of people have put these wooden doors in you know |
| 28 | Erm , I think it 's probably inevitable but most of the Republics will become independent , but I think the idea of them becoming independent in their present borders is very worrying indeed cos that , most of the borders are grossly irrational and becoming independent with those borders ethnic conflicts built into it , erm , and I think unless there 's some sort of er negotiations about what border these countries will have before they become inde independent , we could see quite a lot of bloodshed . |
| 29 | As it rose Edward said thoughtfully , ‘ One gets the impression that this sort of place must cost rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm rather fond of this outfit and it did cost rather a lot of money . |