Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] do a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll do a lot more than that if you do n't do as you 're told . |
| 2 | I could do a lot for you , my dear . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd do a lot for Sue , but a man has to draw the line somewhere . " |
| 4 | overpower , you know , creep up on you , I , I 'd , it 'd just get the better of me Eric that 's why I got really the other one you see and that , I , I have n't come to any harm not having it , and erm I 've just got to get rid of this because it 's , I 'd do a lot more Eric if it were n't for the television , I know I 'll miss it when I get rid of it you see , it has been described as a plug-in drug |
| 5 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 6 | I used to do a lot of the cleaning myself . |
| 7 | I used to do a lot for Joe but I do n't do them now . |
| 8 | Mm No that 's er making me jolly cross , not like myself I do n't do anything like , not as much as I used to do at the hall , I mean I used to do a lot as you know , but I , I know how much you have done , but nobody else knows |
| 9 | He said : ‘ This is a time when I can do a lot for my ranking . |
| 10 | I putted nicely today and I think I can do a lot better over the next three days . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I just know that next time I can do a lot better , ’ she confesses . |
| 12 | Then I can do a lot |
| 13 | Well da co if Elaine and Edward stop there I can do a lot of decorating . |
| 14 | It just depends where we 're going cos I do n't know what we 're doing yet So I 'd and the woman 's coming round tonight so I 'll just , sort of , say to her if I can keep it over the weekend I can do a lot more so otherwise I 'll feel a bit bad |
| 15 | She could do a lot worse — 'e 's a good , steady man and 'e 's not given ti strong drink . ’ |
| 16 | If you want a career that ensures that you will not be bored , will be stretched to your full capacity every day and allows you to be yourself , as well as earn a good salary at a general manager level — £30,000 a year — you could do a lot worse than the hotel and catering industry . |
| 17 | Dr ‘ Lawrence ’ The reward I think is knowing that perhaps you 've done your best for your patients and if the patient at the end of the day says ‘ thank you ’ … [ but ] you could do a lot more given the opportunity and time is the great factor here . |
| 18 | There 's a , you could do a lot worse things that play football ! |
| 19 | Mind you you could do a lot with that sixpence . |
| 20 | you could do a lot with it |
| 21 | You could do a lot in a week , with Jekub helping . |
| 22 | You could do a lot worse . ’ |
| 23 | IF you like to feel at one with nature when you are having a tipple , you could do a lot worse than to make for the upstairs bar in the Shaftesbury Inn on Belfast 's Antrim Road . |
| 24 | Yeah , cos I think Ann 's been two courses now and we 've picked her brains so we can have basic use , but er you start to realise it 's only a little bit of the system you know , you could do a lot more |
| 25 | Yes , yes and you used to do a lot of sharing er one f u farms helping each other . |
| 26 | get 'em done for ya , you used to do a lot did n't you er car maintaining you used to do it all |
| 27 | Pam , you used to do a lot of rowing , did n't you , at Oxford ? |
| 28 | Apart from special care with hygiene ( use non-medicated and unperfumed soap and avoid toiletries such as bath oils and bubble baths ) you can do a lot to prevent cystitis by wearing cotton pants and loose rather than tight-fitting trousers . |
| 29 | It means you can pack in a lot more things in your day , you can work , you can look after your children , you can take them out , you can do a lot of things that you could n't do otherwise . |
| 30 | And you can do a lot in fifteen seconds , you could murder somebody in fifteen seconds . |