Example sentences of "give [pron] [adv] much [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She has given me so much happiness .
2 He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’
3 My wife , Jane , and close friends were all at Manchester Airport to meet me on my return from France and waiting at home were my mother , more friends , half of Sheffield United FC and Willie Thorne , whose friendship has given me so much confidence .
4 So we thought , No if we can stop them to speak to them cos at the end of the day we ca n't actually stop them going up , we can give them as much harassment as we can yes er and keep within the law .
5 erm And I think erm we 've got to obviously give them as much respect as possible , because for them to reach the semi-final , the same as us erm they obviously erm have got some useful players .
6 ‘ In reporting a problem to the highway authority , ’ the booklet advises , ‘ you should give them as much information as possible about what is wrong and where — give a grid reference if you can . ’
7 While Eva was at Usher the political situation did not give them too much pause for thought .
8 Do n't give them too much time .
9 ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’
10 Erm , now I will give you as much help as I can with that , but not the actual subject of it , erm , you can determine what the objective is yourselves .
11 ‘ You know I ca n't give you as much time as Emma .
12 ‘ Should n't give him too much tomato , ’ Emmie said .
13 Nobody believes that is going to happen , least of all Jack Charlton , who says taking the Irish to the finals will give him as much satisfaction as he drew from winning the competition with England in 1966 .
14 The Rigalis ' 31-year-old son , Amedeo , meanwhile , joins in with a voice as Easington as you might find : ‘ I 'm proud to be half Italian , but I do n't give it that much thought . ’
15 You know , with the best will in the world , Max will never give us too much help if he thinks he ca n't .
16 I think a lot of er a lot of wives may not have given you as much information as Maggie did .
17 Whereas most kids , I do n't know I think it 's just the way they give them too much lead er , I mean our kids were always quiet were n't they when we went out ?
18 ‘ We wo n't get way with that against Spain , if we give them that much room . ’
19 They give them so much protection nowadays .
20 it 'll benefit all of us if you give me as much assistance as you possibly can .
21 Give me that much hope , Topaz . "
22 ‘ If I give you bread and cheese you do n't like it and if I give you too much soup that 's not right .
23 Give you so much power , you forget how hard you have to work them .
24 Make sure you give her as much reassurance as you can to help her feel secure .
25 She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure .
26 Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it
27 Either treat it as a feature in its own right , with a striking blind or shutters ; give it as much impact as possible and let the view and the light pour in .
28 Think about those good points ( I am well organised ; I 'm a caring person and so on ) and give yourself as much credit as you would give someone else with those qualities ;
29 Some £150,000 will be allocated to various recreational schemes in London , most of which will be in boroughs through which the course runs ; boroughs which give us so much help .
30 ACET volunteers are available to help whenever you need them , as long as you make arrangements with our volunteer coordinator and give us as much notice as possible .
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