Example sentences of "much [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Credit in itself is not , of course , a bad thing ; most of us get paid weekly or monthly , while many of the things we buy — from our house downwards — simply cost too much for us to meet the expenditure in one go . |
| 32 | Credit in itself is not , of course , a bad thing ; most of us get paid weekly or monthly , while many of the things we buy — from our house downwards — simply cost too much for us to meet the expenditure in one go . |
| 33 | The humid heat of the New Guinea forest had probably proven too much for someone used to the dank climate of south Wales , they reassured Joan . |
| 34 | Now do you still feel that it is too much for you to take all that lot in in one go , or do you think it 's all it 's it 's it 's gu it 's |
| 35 | I 've done that , cos what I 've said to them is well it 's , it 's too much for you to do all the extensions together . |
| 36 | ‘ No you 're not , there 's far too much for you to do at the farm . ’ |
| 37 | Excursions : Enterprise have arranged much for you to see and do at reasonable prices . |
| 38 | ‘ Was our sadness too much for you to bear ? ’ asked an Iranian woman . |
| 39 | It 's very much worth it d' ya know . |
| 40 | She knew too much about him to let him live . |
| 41 | — I ca n't do much about him vandalizing the kiosk , or Madge 's place . |
| 42 | And that Stephanie cos she do n't she do n't like him she never ha well she do n't know much about him do she ? |
| 43 | Few people in Polruan knew much about what went on behind the big iron gates that guarded the entrance to Roscarrock Hall , because Sir Gregory had taken the prudent step of making his household almost self-sufficient , and traders were seldom required to call . |
| 44 | He could n't even ask too much about what had happened . |
| 45 | THIS is such a delicious offering , of the kind that makes you chuckle in recollection on the way home , that I do not really want to give the game away by saying too much about what goes on . |
| 46 | They are also thinking too much about what counts and when you do that you are up the creek , and at the moment Gloucester have not got a paddle |
| 47 | You see he does n't know much about what happened before he met me . |
| 48 | Well sorry , Anne , but I know too much about you to take this drivel . ’ |
| 49 | Yeah the attitude is very much about I respect your rights as an individual , you 've got equal rights as much as I have . |
| 50 | In the above scenario the frustration is not so much about who uses the bathroom first ; that 's just the surface issue . |
| 51 | The fact that we now know so much about it proves that he was utterly wrong . |
| 52 | I do n't know why the people who argued so much about it did n't go and ask these three what had happened . |
| 53 | A wealth of legends and folk tales has been recorded , much of which relates to particular sites in the countryside . |
| 54 | During his long life , Eric Jones-Evans built up an impressive collection , much of which relates to his idol , Henry Irving . |
| 55 | Bernstein and Reynolds give a very full treatment of the subject , much of which turns on the interpretation of provisions in commercial leases . |
| 56 | The Congolese rainforest forms part of a swathe of jungle in West Africa , much of which remains relatively untouched , although under increasing pressure from logging , settlement and mineral exploitation . |
| 57 | The Earth and the oceans absorb much of the carbon compounds , much of which combines with calcium and magnesium to become limestone , which holds much of the CO 2 . |
| 58 | Yet at the same time they welcomed the way the study mapped out areas on concern , in relation to the respective responsibilities of company directors executive and non-executive , auditors and shareholders , much of which remain unaddressed even after the Cadbury report . |
| 59 | The Glyndyfrdwy Extension , two miles in length opened on Good Friday following a twelve month construction period , costing nearly £200,000 , much of which came from a consortium of the Wales Tourist Board , Welsh Development Agency , Clwyd and Glyndwr councils . |
| 60 | The electricity bill is due soon , and she expects it to be about £70 , much of which came from her washing machine working through the day cleaning her daughters ' clothes . |