Example sentences of "been much of " in BNC.

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1 It has n't been much of a week for my wife either ; she now sees little prospect of winning back even a beefburger space in the deep freeze .
2 IT HAS not been much of a week for Welsh politicians because the country 's resounding rejection of Mr Neil Kinnock has been followed by the decision of the International Rugby Board to ignore the reservations expressed by the Welsh Rugby Union and to hold the 1995 World Cup in South Africa .
3 He may not have been much of a fancy cook , but Kunio had a very keen brain and a highly intelligent outlook on life .
4 Never been much of a book fan either .
5 Ben may not have been much of a theatre-goer , but he would no doubt have been fascinated by one unexpected visit in the June of 1801 :
6 Edna had never been much of a letter writer , preferring to send illustrated cards with emotive printed messages at Christmas and on birthdays .
7 She could hardly have been much of a friend of Liza because , although her daughter had never been forthcoming about her time in the ATS , she had certainly never mentioned an Eleanor Fuller .
8 ‘ There 's never been much of a plan , so there 's no reason to cancel out any initial plans of getting degrees and going on and doing something else . ’
9 There had never been much of a garden , only the rhododendrons flowering red and pink and lilac , where bees droned happily .
10 ‘ He 's never been much of a man for dancing , not unless he 's drunk and then he 'll dance with the best of them . ’
11 He had never been much of a fellow for breasts .
12 Such an expedition takes time to mount , and there can not have been much of a gap between the Egyptian failure and the decision ( ? 453/2 ) to return to Cyprus .
13 There therefore does n't seem to have been much of a change , and furthermore Smith ( 1983 ) in his text specifically entitled Recreation Geography has also followed this model , albeit in the modified form of the relationship between ‘ travel/resources ’ which he calls the two main branches of the tree of recreation geography .
14 It 's the blues that never been never been much of a problem really .
15 Has it been much of a problem on the flats ?
16 However , this may not have been much of a choice .
17 It had n't been much of a picture for dreaming on .
18 ‘ There could not have been much of a selection this time , then .
19 So he obviously would n't have thought the union would have been much of a threat to him seeing as he
20 It had n't been much of a job after all ; he had thought at first from the sound of it that it might mean travel , but it did n't .
21 ‘ You 've never been much of an exam passer . ’
22 Ca n't have been much of a life .
23 He declared : ‘ It also demonstrates how misleading has been much of the coverage of this issue , in the Press and elsewhere . ’
24 ‘ Nelson , I 've just never been much of a dancer .
25 Now he thought about it , Ted Mosse had n't been much of a talker .
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