Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb past] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only long after her death that I realized how much anger lay under my acceptance of that responsibility and how much energy I had used holding that down . |
| 2 | Katia starts to talk about the special projects which they are planning in Japan , and groans about management with no sense of fun — ‘ Who 's that guy we met , Marielle ? — the big pompous one , who complained that I sang too much ? ’ |
| 3 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 4 | ‘ I think my trouble was that I had too much help and felt as if my boobs were all anyone was interested in . |
| 5 | Although at this stage of my work I shared interests with him on matters concerning children 's learning and Art Education , I quickly discovered that I had so much more to learn from him about ideas , materials and their uses and in the need to create a working environment of a high order . |
| 6 | You always taught me that I had so much to be thankful for , but there are still a lot of things that I wish had never happened . |
| 7 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 8 | One that I enjoyed very much recently was H. J. Massingham 's autobiography ‘ Remembrance ’ , which , if you have not read , I am sure you would like . |
| 9 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 10 | Not that I danced very much . |
| 11 | What I did know was that I did n't want to grow up , and my diary records that I confessed as much — when pressed to my housemistress . |
| 12 | ‘ Constanza says that she felt so much for her mother , even if she did not understand then what it meant to her to be cut off from Italy , from Rome . |
| 13 | As one of them said on being asked if she ever felt that she spent too much time on her own in the daytime : |
| 14 | She was vaguely aware of being guided expertly away from the crowded floor , and it was n't until they stepped out into the cooler night air that she realised how much of a relief it was to leave the noise behind . |
| 15 | Almost , in the midst of the new apartment that she hated as much as he did , though it had been decorated to her own specifications , she said , ‘ I have been to see my son . ’ |
| 16 | She never did , being as efficient as she was creative in the kitchen that she loved so much . |
| 17 | She was n't sure that she could offer the same kind of commitment in return , or that she wanted so much responsibility . |
| 18 | ‘ It was probably only when you got outside that you realised how much circumstances looked against you . |
| 19 | I would however prefer that you got as much advice as possible from the books first . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought , ’ Robbie retorted breathlessly , ‘ that you despised too much haste . |
| 21 | As they were descending , Reynolds said , ‘ I get the impression that you did n't much rate Jenner . ’ |
| 22 | One avenue for a claim is that you paid too much for the house , but remember that you say it is common knowledge that these houses suffer this fault . |
| 23 | Well , she 's done it in Gods go a'begging , using the same Watteau that we liked so much with the columns and the landscape in the background . |
| 24 | So are America and the Soviet Union , to the extent that they wasted too much energy signing up local partners for the cold war instead of organising a local peace . |
| 25 | I had no quarrel with them although I was suspicious of them , and doubtless jealous that they had so much of Joyce 's attention and that they could wish to band together with one another . |
| 26 | Each was aware , in fact , that they had too much to say , rather than too little . |
| 27 | In fairness to the LTA , in the particular circumstances of the time , I do not believe that they had very much option . |
| 28 | On the other hand , some may never have placed such emphasis on independence in their lives , or never felt that they had very much independence in the first place . |
| 29 | At the time it had seemed that they shared so much that they must have some mystic chain binding them together . |
| 30 | They participated more fully in the intellectual and political life of their time — some argued that they participated too much — and reflected their society 's values , again , perhaps , too much if the criticisms of the ‘ social gospel ’ were accepted . |