Example sentences of "lot [prep] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I care a lot for Arnie and I know he cares for me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She did a lot for Philip when he first started at Cockerton , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Well quite a lot , we we went out with them for a meal last night erm we had an interpreter who who was the only one that could speak English but it was it was well worth the evening , it did a lot for relationships and I think that there should be more of this in football , that off the field people should get to know each other a lot better and we felt at the end of the evening that it had been well worthwhile . |
| 4 | I used to do a lot for Joe but I do n't do them now . |
| 5 | It made me think a lot about photography while I was in prison ; it was like why are you doing this ? ’ |
| 6 | Then he smiled , as he looked fondly at Leith , and said softly , ‘ But I 'm sure there 's a lot about Leith that I 've still got to learn . ’ |
| 7 | Socio-cultural anthropologists do not need to be expert anatomists or geneticists or specialists in the biology of nutrition but they are likely to talk a lot of nonsense if they do not take account of what experts in such matters have been able to discover . |
| 8 | If you are using a lot of abbreviations in a document keep a note of them beside the keyboard as you can easily produce a lot of nonsense if you accidentally use the wrong abbreviation . |
| 9 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 10 | ‘ It was a raucous noise but there was a lot of excitement and it was great . |
| 11 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 12 | And I have a job which involves quite a lot of travel so I am not too restricted about where I live . |
| 13 | Although ComputerEasy Draw is more basic than the more expensive packages , you wo n't be paying for a lot of functions that you will rarely or never use , and it 's certainly rich enough in features to make it a worthwhile investment for most everyday drawing requirements . |
| 14 | ‘ But I was glad for a lot of reasons that you did n't aim true in the dyeyard . ’ |
| 15 | Ramsey entered this conference with a reputation outside England as well as inside it ; and the proceedings of the conference confirmed the opinion of a lot of bishops that he ought to be their next leader . |
| 16 | I 'VE been told I retain a lot of moisture when I eat . |
| 17 | But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal . |
| 18 | But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal . |
| 19 | No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it . |
| 20 | There is quite a lot of activity as I come over the hill . |
| 21 | Erm , we wo , I would wish to thank Vera cos it 's a lot of work for erm , a lot of worry and I do hope that you all enjoyed it . |
| 22 | With this business of embargo , Liz , I 'll agree with that but the , the off the record , one wants to get the local people very well and you do develop this , this trust , and if you can in fact give them a lot of scope that you know what to use . |
| 23 | Our music was really ‘ out there ’ , but it was n't something you could stuff down people 's throats ; you had to really want to hear a lot of guitar if you wanted to listen to our records ! ’ |
| 24 | I had a lot of hassle cos I was mixing it up with D R DOS . |
| 25 | When we stopped serving white meat and seafood to become totally vegetarian there is no doubt we lost a lot of customers but you have to stick to your guns . |
| 26 | Since I 've been over in England I 've bought a lot of clothes that I 'd probably never even consider wearing in Australia . |
| 27 | If you 've got a lot of petrol and you 're just like wasting it and you think oh , I 'm going to use a lot more fuel in my driving today , what would you do ? |
| 28 | Bernard , you 've been to a lot of meetings since we last talked to you , what 's been happening in the speedway world ? |
| 29 | I know she wo n't board but I tell you , I tell you the main advantages of boarding is that a lot of times if you , you know when sometimes you get to the point where you 've done so much prep and you 've got lots more and you really you feel like you ca n't cope |
| 30 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |