Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] much [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is serious about so much school work generally is that so frequently it seems to fail to have any deep effect on life outside the classroom . |
| 2 | Perhaps part of the fascination of movies has always been that they trigger off so many memories but what is interesting about so much film-making in the 1920s is that movies are so closely associated with that age of the masses that had come at the end of one century and the beginning of another . |
| 3 | Shareholders in Unisys have been through so much misery , the fear that the IBM mainframe blight will soon infect the company is so great that no reasonable offer for the company is likely to be refused — and while the Unisys debt burden is now manageable , it is still onerous for a company of Unisys ' size , but AT&T 's credit remains almost as good as gold . |
| 4 | Every , we go through so much milk now with erm , having breakfast cereals and |
| 5 | and erm I was feeling ill at the time and I , I wondered why because he 'd been through so much suffering , you know , it was a happy release . |
| 6 | Got through so much money at Christmas , you know . |
| 7 | That was my point exactly , if people go through so much hassle to have a baby , then surely there 's gon na be less chance of abusing all that kind of trouble within the family ? |
| 8 | How can I put the people I love so much through so much pain ? |
| 9 | Or attempt to explore with a Central European Jew the precise nature of the ties that he or she feels with a culture which down the centuries has been responsible for so much persecution and pain . |
| 10 | He talked of all that remained to be done , of how he would do it all , bit by bit ; said that first of all the attic should be examined , for so much rain soaking in must have affected the beams . |
| 11 | The Department of Transport , the advertising industry and the police have combined to crack down on this menace which is still responsible for so much carnage and misery . |
| 12 | I have no idea why the body could not have been built directly onto the chassis at ground level for so much effort would have been saved . |
| 13 | Gatting made the point that they had to win the final two games as after so much cricket they simply did not have the strength left for a third . |
| 14 | Finally , after so much emphasis on the views of middle-class adults , what of the children themselves ? |
| 15 | He dropped into a bit of a snooze , which any giant might be pardoned for wanting after so much walking and a bit of eating , never mind a sup of mead . |
| 16 | After so much walking , a great deal of it on cobblestones , her feet could do with a rest ! |
| 17 | Even after so much success , the inter-island rivalries are never far from the surface , and other players had their advocates . |
| 18 | Jackdaws Castle replaces the old yard at nearby Condicote where David Nicholson trained over 800 winners in 30 years , so why move after so much success . |
| 19 | The first exonerated Victoria Head , now of BDO Binder Hamlyn , and Richard Green , formerly of Arthur Young , while the other two reports came to the conclusion that , after so much delay and considering the age and state of health of those under enquiry , no fair enquiry could be held . |
| 20 | We do not want to veto the building of the new unit after so much money has been raised . |
| 21 | Thoughts of Jimmy , however , brought the reminder of how on Friday he had brought the news — gospel , so he said , after so much rumour — that the top brass from Massingham 's were moving into the newly completed extension on Monday . |
| 22 | Whereas Zen knew that the truth prevailed , if at all , only after so much time had passed that it had become meaningless , like a senile prisoner who can safely be released , his significance forgotten , his friends dead , a babbling idiot . |
| 23 | After so much controversy , it is too early to assess the performance of the new system in London and the MCC areas . |
| 24 | AFTER so much disappointment , it is not surprising that a crumb of comfort has driven gold bugs half-crazy with glee . |
| 25 | Struggling to hold back tears , Mr Parry added : ‘ If my son becomes a symbol for peace and gives everyone a new sense of hope after so much tragedy , then that will be Tim 's unique achievement . ’ |
| 26 | Put it down to exhaustion after too much cricket ! |
| 27 | Cynical and astringent too , which she found satisfying after too much flattery . |
| 28 | Were these real tears , or was he just squeezing them out after too much cognac ? |
| 29 | To say that the recipe is naive would be to miss the point , but with the predominance of so much dance , drama is often lacking . |
| 30 | Tilda 's respect for her sister , whom she had never seen before in the possession of so much money , reduced her almost to silence ; in a hoarse whisper she asked whether they were going to get the records straight away . |