The doors have locks, but a lot of people don't bother using them.

A lot of people wouldn't have bothered at all.

"I think a lot of people just didn't bother to come in."

Thankfully they were too happy to let a lot of gossip bother them.

"A lot of things bothered me," he said, without specifying any.

"A lot of people with a lot less troubles than I got bother you all the time."

She had been there twice before, but a lot of things still bothered her about the farm in Maryland.

"A lot of bookstore staff people don't bother to read the book," she said.

Our police force could do a lot of other things than bother some girls just trying to make a living.