Example sentences of "have [vb pp] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lass is right , she thought — in her place , I would have given much the same answer . |
| 2 | I would have given much to meet him at Elsfield during one of his fleeting visits : indeed there was no one I would have been more interested to meet . |
| 3 | If you 'd been tossed around in the eddies down there I would n't have given much for your chances . ’ |
| 4 | Not many teams beat the City on their own ground … and early on you would n't have given much of a price on United … |
| 5 | Although the overall number of night visits increased sharply in the first year after the introduction of the contract ( for example , in Berkshire it rose by a half over the previous year p 762 ) , the absolute number of night visits made by the deputising service may have altered much less , without much cost saving . |
| 6 | Bridge lengths vary from three to four rigs on the Leine to an average ten rigs on the Weser and really , given the practised excellence of the crews , this last thirty-one-rig bridge of Exercise Neptune 's Gallop 1989 should not have aroused much emotion , but it did made the thirtieth of June a little bit different . |
| 7 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
| 8 | Friaries such as those at Aylesbury and Coventry could hardly have owned much anyway , but at the opposite end of the scale , the omission of rich abbeys like Cirencester and Tewkesbury leaves a serious gap . |
| 9 | These would have claimed much of Miller 's attention , but his expertise would have been in great demand over the cultivation of rare fruits . |
| 10 | No , but even if the paper had been offset , its personnel would probably have prevented much frivolity . |
| 11 | If it 's any comfort to you , he would n't have suffered much pain . |
| 12 | I would have saved much time and pain if I had paid more attention to how I was racing . |
| 13 | ‘ Your precious George ca n't have done much good if the main burst again . ’ |
| 14 | Mrs Cresson 's appointment may have helped the Socialists somewhat but can not have done much for the Communists . |
| 15 | ‘ What you did to them can not have done much to put right what their own families had already done . ’ |
| 16 | Some letters , however , suggest that Leapor was rather dilatory , and may not have done much work in the winter . |
| 17 | If you look at the history of the band , songs like I Was Made For Loving You , which had a kind of dance feel , we could have done much more of that and been successful with it . |
| 18 | Straw Dogs managed to attract enough blood seekers to put it into the black at the box-office , but this disturbing tale of rural atrocities can scarcely have done much for the Cornish tourist industry . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose I might have ended up bowling up the hill into the wind at Headingley , and that might not have done much for my prospects , but generally the policy change was inevitable , and I am glad it happened . ’ |
| 20 | The inclusion of a Tallmantz B–25 cameraship would have done much for both the dogfights and the other air-to-air formation shots . |
| 21 | Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey . |
| 22 | That he would have done much more is years to come is certain ; yet the quality and the richness of what he left behind him make it equally certain that this very patient man , who to achieve his ends knew how to take his time , never wasted a minute of his life . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think that would have done much good , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Sprawling at his feet would not have done much for her dignity . |
| 25 | That 's amazing that you went on holiday alone because surely you would have done much |
| 26 | But surely what — what just happened to me could n't have done much for you , could it ? ’ |
| 27 | Even so , that he was able to expel the powerful figure to whom he may have owed much of his victory in 1016 must say something about the effectiveness of the power base which he had succeeded in creating in England in the intervening years . |
| 28 | He would have said much more , but Brown Owl , who had crawled under the fence , hurried to them and put her arms round poor , scared Mandy . |
| 29 | Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink . |
| 30 | You would n't have noticed much about it . |