Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , I did n't think I made much impression on her . |
| 2 | I fear much evil while it is with me . |
| 3 | ‘ H-have I done much damage ? ’ she managed to ask . |
| 4 | Nor do I spend much time listening to jazz . |
| 5 | ‘ Not that I paid much mind to it myself . |
| 6 | I was slightly built , and although I hated team sports and games , I spent much time in the school gym doing circuit training and fitness programmes . |
| 7 | I spent much time in that area and I know that brighter things are on the horizon for Manchester and Liverpool . |
| 8 | ‘ I spent much time in the States when I was a girl . |
| 9 | As a child of the Thirties I heard much talk of J.P.M. and Fred Shaw ( the NCLC Organiser ) , Plebs and the Railway Service Journal — and the Manchester Guardian — were as much a part of my youthful literary life as Mickey Mouse and Film Fun . |
| 10 | I ca n't say I feel much sympathy for them . |
| 11 | For my adopted country America , I felt much pride and admiration . |
| 12 | They tend to be the larger companies , I have to be fair , er , but er , one of the encouraging things from my point of view , and I , we started rather early , maybe fifteen , twenty years ago has been to see the growth of this particular sector , where people have moved progressively into , I think a much more enlightened posture in the last ten or fifteen years , and B I C , Business in the Community of course , have to take , I think much credit for that . |
| 13 | Chairman Mao insisted on re-education : ‘ He said that despite our intellectual development , we still had dirty minds which must be cleansed by contact with true working classes — lucky again , because I learned much folk music from my colleagues . |
| 14 | Initially , I had much support but then I became introverted . |
| 15 | I have much sympathy with the aims that he set out . |
| 16 | I have much work . ’ |
| 17 | Your Royal Highness , Ladies and Gentlemen , I have much pleasure , not only seconding the adoption of the report but complimenting Council on an excellent which I did read . |
| 18 | They can thank whatever devils they happen to worship that I have much gentleness in my soul and am not given to vituperation or excessive polemic . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , these are not qualities which make much impression on a balance sheet . |
| 20 | My first consideration is the sky , which needs much thought . |
| 21 | There are three strands of answer to this , each of which has much purchase ; I can do no better than to let the espousers of the three strands speak for themselves . |
| 22 | It is a route which has much appeal to vendors but tends to be detested by purchasers who dislike the control placed on their ability to negotiate directly with the vendors . |
| 23 | Afghanistan now has two governments of a sort , neither of which has much authority . |
| 24 | The white rock being what it is , the routes which involve much friction padding have inevitably acquired the characteristic shine of much-loved , much-caressed limestone . |
| 25 | The Council 's Chairman , CBE , DL , and OBE , Vice President and Managing Director of NCR ( Manufacturing ) Ltd , provided stimulating addresses which provoked much discussion . |
| 26 | He also planned the issue of a debased silver coinage , which caused much hardship in Ireland and was finally withdrawn in 1603 . |
| 27 | The Sahel zone of West Africa experienced intense drought during the early 1970s , which caused much hardship for and dislocation of the agropastoral communities — who combine farming with livestock — in the region . |
| 28 | However , the issue was not settled and following a rating revaluation in Scotland , which caused much unrest , a further inquiry ( the fourth in fifteen years ) began , which resulted in the 1986 Green Paper , Paying for Local Government . |
| 29 | Historical writers have often stressed the greed and economic exploitation , as well as the politics , which motivated much missionary work in the early Middle Ages . |
| 30 | The exercise should be " aerobic " , that is to say using much movement but little strength , as opposed to isometric which uses much strength and little movement . |