Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [adv] much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next bank holiday , I must see how much donkeys cost . |
| 2 | I thought , I must get as much walking practice as possible between now and tomorrow night . |
| 3 | Or I might suspect too much vehemence in his insistence that he loves gibbons , and suggest that he is deceiving himself , that visiting the animals has become a habit without much joy in it . |
| 4 | I could feel so much warmth and concern coming from her . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd have too much trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 6 | We could do him a deal could n't we with all , all Toshiba I 'd say how much Toshibas . |
| 7 | ‘ If I had that much money and it was the first real money I had ever made , ’ said the businessman at last , ‘ I 'd put a quarter of it in government savings bonds , and with the rest of it I 'd buy as much land or property in and around Tollemarche and Edmonton as I could lay my hands on . ’ |
| 8 | I used to smoke as much smack as I could lay me hands on . |
| 9 | I used to have so much illusion , " she said later . |
| 10 | Obviously I would appreciate as much notice as possible please . |
| 11 | Obviously I would appreciate as much notice as possible please . |
| 12 | For today 's recipe I would trim as much surface fat from the underside of the lamb as possible . |
| 13 | Er , but clearly I I will commit whatever time I have available , and I shall make as much time as available , I have the support of Ross , my wife , this is all fully discussed before I even went through the panelling process . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's a lot of potential here and since coming I can see how much Frank has done to turn the playing side round . |
| 15 | You may drink as much water as you like . |
| 16 | I think you should give as much thought to choosing waterproof trousers as you do to choosing a waterproof top . |
| 17 | When taking a decision about personal pensions you should obtain as much information as possible . |
| 18 | Unless you have a fair experience of building handicrafts and a lot of time on your hands , you will probably need to hire a builder , and you should take as much care over this as possible since the quality of building work varies very substantially indeed , and two different firms of builders , next to each other in the ‘ Yellow Pages ’ may reflect totally different standards and attitudes . |
| 19 | We were told that you might have as much effect on that as you 're having with central government . |
| 20 | It really is advisable to get supports like these in place as soon as possible before the plants put on much growth — this way you 'll avoid too much root injury when putting them in position and you 'll ensure they 're properly sited without breaking developing stems . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , but , ’ they say , ‘ you 'll save so much money , you wo n't have to write a column at all . ’ |
| 22 | If you 've been to a puppy party you 'll know how much fun it can be to train your pup in a positive and natural way . |
| 23 | He was giving words to her own struggle , but before she could feel too much empathy a light went on inside her . |
| 24 | Mrs Wright lifted a vase of flowers that was on a small table by the door so that she could see how much water was in . |
| 25 | There was no time to pack , and she 'd make too much noise rummaging for clothes . |
| 26 | No she 'd do too much damage to a tent as well |
| 27 | She 'd put too much weight on it , and she 's back in hospital , she 's broke it . |
| 28 | She smiled , feeling thankful she 'd take so much trouble over her make-up — but who would n't when they were going out with Silas ? |
| 29 | Yeah yeah certainly , erm I think that 's er that 's good , well if , if you can , if you can access it er in some way informally or , or , you know , it 's probably un unlikely that you 'd get too much stuff in writing as you say but , you know , er it could be very er productive and interesting erm tt erm can that sort of thing , particularly if you can get it in terms of quotes from people , you can sort of , you know , make a project look quite nice because it looks like if you do all this , you know , sort of stuff with the attitude scales it , it 's er it gives you lots of nice numerical data but er |
| 30 | ‘ What would you do if you were going with someone and you liked them but you did n't love them or anything but you were only really going with them because if you did n't you 'd get so much heat … ’ |