Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 2 | ‘ It may seem a lot for what is , after all , supposed to be a luxury cruise ship , ’ Jill smiled wryly as they made their way from one ward to the next . |
| 3 | It may seem a lot to some folk , but in the mega rich world of sport and the Olympics its gold on the cheap . |
| 4 | Because fruit is not very nutritious in proportion to its bulk , animals that eat it must consume a lot . |
| 5 | Inwardly praying that she might be able to show her piety and understanding , she said , ‘ Yes , I 'm sure it must mean a lot to you . |
| 6 | It must mean a lot to her if it made her cry . |
| 7 | And it takes it must take a lot longer to produce a plane like the Tornado and a Spitfire or a Lancaster in erm the days of erm nineteen forty three |
| 8 | As it is hard to believe that even MI5 thinks there are that many subversives , spies and traitors in the country , it must keep a lot of files on innocent people . |
| 9 | ‘ It might matter a lot to me in my job , ’ Horowitz informed him . |
| 10 | It is a diver 's paradise , and while it might cost a lot of pennies to get there , good value for money can be waiting — if you know what to watch out for . |
| 11 | Erm it might make a lot of difference to your sort of er |
| 12 | It might have a lot to say . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes — but unless I 'm mistaken it 'll mean a lot more to the man who attacked Anna . |
| 14 | ca n't really make coffee because no one else is here and it 'll waste a lot of time . |
| 15 | we start this now then it 'll prevent a lot of further problems . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose it 'll shock a lot of people , ’ admitted Jennifer , 33 . |
| 17 | It 'll bring a lot of work to the town . |
| 18 | It 'll do a lot of good I mean I 've put both plants out during the week , they were fairly dry then , but now if you 'd see that , that , they 've taken already |
| 19 | we 've done very well for escaping it , the only trouble is we have n't got the rain and now , this , this coming summer I dread to think what 's gon na happen , look how dry those fields are , just look at it if we get a wind up , if we , a wind starts to blow it 'll move a lot of this , it will just lift it up into the air , we 'll get clouds of soil blowing all over the place . |
| 20 | could have said No it 'll cost a lot of money or something . |
| 21 | He says this is good news , it 'll save a lot of badgers lives . |
| 22 | That hair looks as though it 'll take a lot of coping with . ’ |
| 23 | if you 're taking six foot of film it wo n't weigh much but it 'll take a lot of room up . |
| 24 | For one thing , it could absorb a lot of expert resources and the policy gains might not outweigh the costs of investigation in many cases : it could also encourage rent-seeking behaviour . |
| 25 | After all , the body contains more collagen than any other protein : it should be no surprise that protecting it could do a lot of good . |
| 26 | And it could prevent a lot of embarrassment to everyone concerned . |
| 27 | For the Third World especially , it could solve a lot of problems |
| 28 | By the time the agency finishes its massive job , it could have a lot more worthless property on its hands . |
| 29 | Managing to be positive when you are in pain is easier said than done , but the way in which you handle it could have a lot to do with your own personality . |
| 30 | It 'd cost a lot of money . |