Example sentences of "and we [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band was called Touching Home and we got a lot of church functions and ended up playing for the American community there . ’ |
| 2 | He was very supportive and we learnt a lot from each other . ’ |
| 3 | And we consume a lot more than our parents did , though the proportion of income we spend on food is just 12pc compared to a third 50 years ago . |
| 4 | ‘ Our membership spans all ages , and we focus a lot on teaching basic water safety , rescue , and life-saving drills , ’ says Karen Stead . |
| 5 | It was a night for men and we had a lot of men out there . |
| 6 | They wanted it to be rough sounding and we had a lot of discussions . |
| 7 | ‘ This worked against us in many areas of the country and we had a lot of losses . |
| 8 | This was when I was a girl and we had a lot of calves to feed and water . |
| 9 | All stuff , cos then we , they imported a lot of er razors and erm all different television stuff and we had a lot of beer come in from erm Germany , lot of beer come the that stuff , that 's a Dutch beer . |
| 10 | As usual , the team worked hard and well and we had a lot of fun and good fellowship , which helps to dull the pain of aching backs and feet ! |
| 11 | Well when we had the open day and we had a lot of people round here ! |
| 12 | Gabby was at her most amusing and we laughed a lot . |
| 13 | Edward had become sparkier and we laughed a lot . |
| 14 | I would n't put you in er around and even though you 've had experience strangely enough in the roofing industry and we get a lot of roofers in advertis er er how how do you which would you have chosen . |
| 15 | We went out there to do a job and we achieved a lot . |
| 16 | Oh and we eat a lot of baked beans |
| 17 | Well firstly the bill did n't have that rough a passage in the House of Lords , because there are only two basic amendments , er that we 're dealing with in the House of Commons that matter , and one of them is the one you 've just mentioned , the answer to it is this , er I 've had a lot of criticisms of giving B R the untrammelled right to bid , er right from the outset their criticisms to do with the danger that you would n't get competition for the franchises the private sector would be afraid , and incidentally this is not a sell off it 's it 's a way of getting the private sector into British Rail with all the advantages that brings , they would be afraid that they would face subsidized and unfair competition , above all , perhaps , British Rail ge=management would feel if they were bidding against their employer that would be a real discouragement to bid , and we 've a lot of evidence er that they feel that and that there are many who do wish to bid in management/employee buy outs , so what we 've done in the amendment is we 've preserved the right for British Rail to bid , but we 've dealt with those criticisms and worries which have come from a lot of quarters not least from within British Rail itself . |
| 18 | ‘ We also have a lot of young people and we hold a lot of tupperware parties in young peoples ’ homes . |
| 19 | Erm well we had a a big raffle erm we wrote away to all the local shops and restaurants ask them to donate prizes and we raised a lot of money through that and also my mum erm cooked Indian snacks which we sold during the interval erm which everyone loved and so it worked quite well . |
| 20 | But we both understand the pressures we 're under and we share a lot of assumptions . |
| 21 | And we have a lot of time to think about this and discuss it . |
| 22 | ‘ There are problems and we have a lot to do . |
| 23 | And we have a lot in common . |
| 24 | But we want to change all that and we have a lot of contacts in the States . ’ |
| 25 | And we have a lot of experience . |
| 26 | Well , and Barry and we have a lot of table and be on there ! |
| 27 | Er which took care of all the the local needs , reduced unemployment , er and we have a lot of these exceptions coming forward . |
| 28 | And I think er when it comes to homelessness , er we have to think very carefully about what we mean ; and sometimes er people think it 's er purely in terms of having er some kind of shelter , er and we have a lot of people in Oxford er , an estimate er has been a figure of , of three thousand people . |
| 29 | The rent for the club room er five pound per go , a hundred and fifteen pound erm the Christmas social , we spent fif thirty five fifty one on the refreshments and seven eighty nine on the whisky , making a forty three forty expenditure the club trophies , we spent nineteen pound fifty this year and we saved a lot of money on that this year , we spent about a hundred and thirty to forty last year erm so we have got a quite a difference just trying to find last year 's erm there they are trophies , a hundred and sixteen pound we paid last year so have , we did save a lot of money by doing them ourselves more or less . |
| 30 | We needed young men who were dragooned into the services in the fourteen/eighteen war and erm who never came back , and we needed a lot of them . |