Example sentences of "much [conj] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her hand was shaking so much that she could not tell the time . |
| 2 | She was shaking so much that she could barely speak . |
| 3 | She burst out laughing , and jumped up and hugged Bryony , who was laughing so much that she could n't catch her breath and had to be thumped on the back . |
| 4 | Who else stood to gain so much if she could be frightened into staying quiet ? |
| 5 | It was as much as she could do to restrain herself from rushing forward to grasp his hand in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity . |
| 6 | It was as much as she could do to push the hand-cart and to carry her body around with her . |
| 7 | Clara dreaded the vacations , and tried to whittle them down as much as she could , by semi-obligatory study courses , and quasi-essential trips to the continent to learn the languages she was studying , but despite these nibblings and thefts , she still found herself obliged to spend a great deal of time each year in Hartley Road . |
| 8 | In the interval Frederica became useful for once , and recited to the bored young Grimauds as much as she could remember — and it was a great deal — of the thick , incomprehensible English verse . |
| 9 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 10 | Dexter guessed that she thought the same as him but was keen to learn as much as she could from Blufton about Nicola and her motives for giving these ‘ facts ’ to the chairman of TVL . |
| 11 | She also wanted her own business , and during her years in the trade prepared herself for this by learning as much as she could about bookshop buying , repping and wholesaling , financial administration , rights and coeditions , export sales , publicity , and paid-for promotion . |
| 12 | She was wearing a pair of off-white trousers , which she had cuffed as much as she could at the ankles because of the heat , and a plain navy-coloured T-shirt , neither of which sported designer labels . |
| 13 | Claudia made up her mind that she would help Roman as much as she could . |
| 14 | She needed to learn as much as she could about this area of mental disturbance . |
| 15 | But she avoided Matthew as much as she could and had no wish to come in contact with Bunny Chaloner . |
| 16 | She flushed scarlet , hastily collected as much as she could carry and started off up the cliff path . |
| 17 | now erm as well as much as she could she was never in the house and the day that he died she did n't get there on time |
| 18 | But a woman , who , when her own needs are n't met , and when she 's slowly disintegrating , is not going to be able to give very much to the children , or give as much as she could , so it makes sense , if she 's really concerned about those children , that she will put , quite often , her own needs above them in order to get her act together , so that she 's in control and feels good about what she 's doing so she 'll be able to give more . |