Example sentences of "lot of [noun] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things . |
| 2 | We do do a lot of things but do n't go it on our own ; work as a department . ’ |
| 3 | The on the only thing is sometimes if you a if you ask some of these people to do these things I know it 's not a lot of responsibility but do you reckon it goes to his head ? |
| 4 | He has not done a lot of opera but thinks that it is just the way things worked out . |
| 5 | So if I 've got a customer that 's sending erm quite a lot of parcels but have got a |
| 6 | As usual , the Minister makes a lot of statements but gives no real facts , It would be useful if he followed the Prime Minister 's example and supported the concept of targets for the number of women that he expects to see in grades 1 to 5 of the civil service in one , two and five years ' time . |