Example sentences of "[vb pp] a fair amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many category 2 queries , however , are from people who have done a fair amount of ‘ homework ’ , but have been unable to find out all they would like to know , or wish to check that they have made the right interpretation of their reading . |
| 2 | Julia , who had done a fair amount of riding in Australia , chuckled to herself . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've done a fair amount of work down here in the south of France , mostly on the Cap Ferrat . |
| 4 | But you was with it all the War , even before the War , and then when the War came , and of course you 've got a fair amount when the War came on you see . |
| 5 | Schools have always had a fair amount of control over their resources — making decisions about accommodation , capitation and so on — and their decisions have normally been used in accordance with the identified needs of the institution , whether explicitly identified or not . |
| 6 | But from the little things this Haverford Downs slips in about the ladies , would I be right in thinking he 's had a fair amount of experience with the sex ? ’ |
| 7 | Moving on , erm in te you know obviously you must have had a fair amount of c you said you had a fair amount of contact with erm tenants in the flats . |
| 8 | In my tycoon days , before the collapse of my second career , I 'd had a fair amount to do with bankers , and my collective memory of them was of thin , precise men , in dark suits and wearing rimless glasses . |
| 9 | he 's sold a fair amount to us , remember ? |
| 10 | In recent years sociolinguists have shown a fair amount of interest in models of variation and change which are based on the notion of lexical diffusion ( Chen 1976 ; Wang 1969 ; Labov 1981 ; J. Milroy 1981b ; Trudgill 1986a : 58 ) . |
| 11 | The three or four terms offered to post-graduate students condense the technical work of a three-year course ; on the whole there is greater emphasis on training the voice , movement , acting technique , fencing and dance , etc. since students will presumably have developed a fair amount of performing skill through their university drama departments or societies . |
| 12 | During our ‘ inspection tour ’ I had heard a fair amount of noise from the garden , and now Miss Sowerby announced , ‘ There 's half a dozen patients , Doctor , including one who 's hurt his head badly . ’ |
| 13 | ( 4 ) A view which has evoked a fair amount of discussion is ‘ the error theory of ethics ’ put forward by J.L. Mackie . |
| 14 | The stomach contents and blood tests indicate Mr Marr had taken a fair amount of drink immediately prior to his death on Friday night . ’ |
| 15 | But then you would know about that — your business , that must have taken a fair amount of hard work . ’ |
| 16 | During exchanges with the magician , John confessed to appearing in a school play as a fairy and he has , not unexpectedly , taken a fair amount of stick back at work . |