Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sensible choice simply because he or she will know a lot about your financial affairs in any event , and therefore is going to know what to look for and how to deal with it . |
| 2 | Then we would move to a training ground in the foothills of the Alps at Canjuers , where we would spend a month away from the regiment and the barracks , and learning the basics of fieldcraft , tactics and shooting , and where we would spend a lot of time living outside as self sufficient soldiers . |
| 3 | Fellows from universities who fought in Spain are being given jobs in Intelligence or Censorship where they could do a lot more damage as traitors than a squaddy like I 'd be . |
| 4 | Inside , where they will spend a lot of time in this northern climate , the zoo has thoughtfully specified sleeping cubicles , scramble nets , climbing ropes and in particular , their log climbing frames . |
| 5 | Since Balbinder clearly made more progress in a small group where he could have a lot of attention , and where all worked at the same pace , this could be an answer . |
| 6 | ‘ It did n't occur to you that I might have a lot on my mind ? |
| 7 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 8 | in my view thrown off without any reasonable excuse , because I felt that I could bring a lot of expertise to the health authority . |
| 9 | ‘ That I should play a lot of tennis . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Just that : that I should play a lot of tennis . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't really think that I should get a lot of pleasure out of going to watch croquet tomorrow . |
| 12 | ‘ People had said to me that I 'd have a lot of spare time on the film set — oh sure ! |
| 13 | The Institute seems to be rather vaguely organized , as they still have n't been able to tell me what students I am teaching — my teaching , it turns out , does n't start until Monday , but I have heard that an abnormally large number of students have signed up for my course , so I shall have a lot of marking of papers to do at the end of four weeks . |
| 14 | We have someone always there for those who have er , society those who are poor er , women er , many of the issues that we feel very strongly and here , here She had no sort of cultural historic resonance with the nation of Wales but I 'm sure her and the way she approaches her whole ministry would mean that she 'd have a lot of than those of us here in the URC in Wales . |
| 15 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |
| 16 | And then if she says well and , and then I might say but I just would imagine that you 'd have a lot more to do with your life before you thought about settling down and getting engaged to someone . |
| 17 | The good thing about the forest is that you can have a lot of people around and still not have everybody in one area , you can still get a feeling of wilderness . |
| 18 | Because your school will have a lot of contacts in industry , it is likely that you will meet a lot of adults from working places in different situations who will help to make your learning more interesting . |
| 19 | And I do feel that by just following a few simple rules like that we can avoid a lot of the problems that come into our advice centre . |
| 20 | They had decided that they would save a lot of money doing their own purchasing and importing , and Christina wanted to make her own contribution to all the work on the hotel . |
| 21 | This is supposed to mean that they will travel a lot the following year . |
| 22 | ‘ You will find , ’ Colonel Richardson of Quindale House had said , not unsympathetically , ‘ that it would cause a lot of resentment . |
| 23 | One of the attractions of this work is that it would employ a lot of labour . |
| 24 | Paris House — the horse — is two years old and trained by Jack Berry at Cockeram , Lancashire , Chandler cautioned fellow chefs against betting on Paris House in the future , for fear that he could lose a lot of friends ! |
| 25 | Burma is very sick and we hope that he will produce a lot more apples like this one . ’ |
| 26 | Complex component testing even with ATE available can take hours ( >4 hours ) and sometimes days , so it can take a lot of valuable testing time just to declare ‘ no fault found ’ . |
| 27 | I said you put one lot of checks in here and I 'll put a lot of checks in the other . |
| 28 | There was a sort of bird sanctuary on an island in the middle of the lake and I 'd spend a lot of my time watching the comings and goings of the inhabitants . |
| 29 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 30 | Cos I can see a lot of fucking shit happening . |