a lot

Example Sentences

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Many of the boys were "really serious" about their work and learned a lot from each other, said Munden.

From BBC

About 7,000 oil-coated birds were picked up along the coast but "the amount killed would have been at least double that because a lot of them would have sunk offshore," he said.

From BBC

"I did a really good job just holding serve, getting through a lot of those games," said Fritz, who never faced a break point.

From Barron's

"We know it will be difficult, there's a lot of matches left... We're not getting carried away. We keep going."

From Barron's

Getting wiped out "hurt a lot", he told AFP, but he also learned a valuable lesson: he has come to think of the losses as "tuition fees".

From Barron's