Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] much [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Looking at him , I could n't detect much change .
2 I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call .
3 I 'd never set much store by rational argument where Karen was concerned .
4 ‘ He warned me that I 'd never get much credit — that people would be dismissive of my part in the great tradition , ’ said Carrick .
5 I think they 're so pretty I just had to have one , even though I knew I would n't get much use out of it .
6 If I did I would n't have much motivation to get out of bed in the morning or to motivate others ’ .
7 No I ca n't see much sport in that .
8 I ca n't see much point in pretending . ’
9 I ca n't see much point in pretending , as I 've already said .
10 But I do n't know that I shall ever make much use of these languages . "
11 Well I wo n't lose much money on this Sierra about a hundred quid
12 I wo n't have much time for the pictures any more .
13 I give him credit for that , although I can not give much credit to his policy of favouring a 50 per cent .
14 I can not find much information on these fish , I only know they are meat eaters , and will grow big .
15 I can never see much colour in it , though it looks slightly off-white .
16 ‘ Well , you 'll not get much welcome from that quarter , will you ? ’
17 If you 're the sort of person who thinks that Parliamentary democracy is a reasonably important thing , you could n't take much pleasure from the findings of the enquiry into the way Rover was sold off .
18 As Mama used to say from her spot by the cooker — lass , you ca n't have much fun on an empty tummy .
19 You you ca n't have much influence at all in in these decisions ?
20 Oh no you ca n't have much cheese .
21 To become a husband and a father : no you ca n't get much butcher than that .
22 In her situation , as a menial , she would n't have much opportunity to give pain to others . ’
23 She ca n't clear much money .
24 You would n't expect much speed out of it , but then you could confidentially run it over any terrain without adverse effect .
25 You would n't have much trouble parking it .
26 Even after your very first lesson , you will probably feel much lighter in yourself .
27 She glanced from her regular customers to the two new ones who seemed to be interested in the proceedings , and she said , ‘ Well , now , she wo n't get much chocolate toffee for a ha'penny .
28 If you 've worked your way conscientiously through all the preceding chapters , sorted out the roof over your head , sussed out the teaching staff , discovered your way round the library and begun to develop good study habits , you may well be forgiven for thinking you wo n't find much time or space or energy left for anything like sex or love .
29 You wo n't get much change out of , well I do n't know I really do n't know , I , I can look it up .
30 We were originally going to do weekly measurements , but I found on my own monitoring that you wo n't get much variation .
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