Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] been much " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see a barge or something out there in the middle of the Thames but I 've never been much good with boats . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've never been much of an exam passer . ’ |
| 3 | You 've never been much help to anyone all your life , but I think you were trying then . |
| 4 | She chewed the pencil , swallowing splinters ; what could she tell Mrs Rundle , who was now ( if she had ever been much more than ) a stranger , living at a distance , forgetting them , putting them into her past , memories packed with other memories in her bulging handbag ? |
| 5 | He had never been much of a fellow for breasts . |
| 6 | He 's never been much help to his father . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He 's never been much of a man for dancing , not unless he 's drunk and then he 'll dance with the best of them . ’ |