Example sentences of "lot [prep] [noun] but [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to do a lot for Joe but I do n't do them now . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is true there was a lot of housework but I used to be very lonely . |
| 4 | They do not necessarily have a lot of money but they do expect good value and a broad service . |
| 5 | They do not have an awful lot of money but they want to act in the best interests of the child . ’ |
| 6 | It seems a lot of money but it 's not to the man who 's prepared to pay it |
| 7 | Plenty of people are making a lot of money but it 's not me . |
| 8 | Well our pits there 's a lot of water but it 's , it 's mostly body sweat and s I do get some water off a , a machine that I drive . |
| 9 | Dexter has a lot of problems but he has improved a lot since being here . |
| 10 | Jimmy had a lot of flair but it did n't help him win . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ |
| 12 | They were chattering like a lot of parrots but I listened to what was said . |
| 13 | His deafness cut him off from a lot of things but he never told us to speak up and would sit at family meals with a benign expression on his face while we chattered away . |
| 14 | ‘ I would n't say that ; he 's a man with unusual views on a lot of things but he 's no fool ; he goes round lecturing to Old Cornwall Societies , Women 's Institutes and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 15 | Part woman-in-peril thriller , part comic financial caper , part romantic weepie , it 's a lot of things but it is n't really a ghost story , not in the conventional sense . |
| 16 | The orderlies did n't do a lot of work but they did do a lot of talking , and their general cheerfulness had a lifting effect on the corridor as a whole . |
| 17 | This will involve a lot of work but it 's something I 'm looking forward to . |
| 18 | I 'm quite friendly with a lot of stars but I do n't really think of them as celebrities , more as friends . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got quite a lot of hair but it 's fine so , to make it look good , I need to spend a great deal of effort on it . |
| 20 | Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal . |
| 21 | There have been a lot of sacrifices but we have our own identity again . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm so sorry to cause such a lot of trouble but I did n't know what else to do . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I used to play a lot of football but I 'm too old now . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It will affect a lot of people if there is a gale or a lot of snow but it is safe otherwise . |
| 25 | I made a lot of mistakes but I owned up to them and was starting to play pretty well . |
| 26 | David Murray became chairman at Ibrox in 1988 and , asked about the Liverpool manager 's record in the transfer market , said : ‘ Sure Graeme has spent a lot of cash but he 's sold well as well . |
| 27 | ‘ You 've made a lot of accusations but you have n't come up with a single shred of evidence to back them up . ’ |
| 28 | It 's a lot of bucks but it serves me right . ’ |
| 29 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 30 | hold a lot of power but I mean |