Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes he was even prevailed upon to stay for dinner , which was usually a casual meal with everyone grouped around Faye and the wheeled tray that was placed in front of her on the padded lounge seat where she spent so much of her time . |
| 2 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 3 | He was giving a slant to the facts that was difficult to counter , and if she said too much she was afraid of betraying Peter 's trust . |
| 4 | But I doubt if she had as much fun . |
| 5 | Besides , a refusal would seem as if she placed too much importance on an accepted practice . |
| 6 | Phyllis recalls that her school reports all ended on the same note : ‘ If she put as much energy into her work as into her play , she would do much better ’ . |
| 7 | Listening carefully for any sound that might indicate fitzAlan 's presence , she stretched out a cautious foot , ready to withdraw it immediately if she encountered so much as a hint of him . |
| 8 | Instantly , he sprang to his feet and suggested , in fact all but insisted , that we interview her instead of him because she knew so much more about him than he did . |
| 9 | The prisoner is serving life for blasting his former girlfriend to death with a sawn-off shotgun because she knew too much about his underworld dealings . |
| 10 | He held out his arms then , and because she hurt so much , because she wanted to be a little girl again , she went to him and the tears came . |
| 11 | When the counsellor asked him how he felt about not having sex , he replied that he thought that sex was often ‘ overblown ’ and that , anyway , he did not want to bother Sarah with his attentions , because she had so much else on her plate . |
| 12 | She did n't want to go with him because she had too much to do , what with the wedding . |
| 13 | ‘ She was sick because she ate too much . |
| 14 | ‘ I wouldn't. ever want to be a princess , ’ Dot sometimes said , because she wanted so much to be one . |
| 15 | because she paid so much for it , over fifteen pounds right , because she paid so much for it because they 're usually fifteen pounds each and so two would cost you thirty pounds and because those were so expensive . |
| 16 | because she paid so much for it , over fifteen pounds right , because she paid so much for it because they 're usually fifteen pounds each and so two would cost you thirty pounds and because those were so expensive . |
| 17 | It would have been too much for poor Bridget , looking after them , when she had so much to do . |
| 18 | She rubbed her eyes , frowning when she saw how much he 'd given her . |
| 19 | ‘ It is gazpacho andaluz , ’ Ana told her when she murmured how much she was enjoying it . |
| 20 | When she said as much to Dane , he nodded . |
| 21 | When she said as much to Carole the other woman gave a hoot of wry laughter . |
| 22 | It was fun being whisked to Plymouth , though she had n't much in common with this well-meaning but heavy family . |
| 23 | Maria 's anger abated as she realised how much the answer meant to him . |
| 24 | Dexter watched the flintiness harden back into Jane Pargeter 's face , as she pondered how much the superintendent knew . |