Example sentences of "much [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think the other children bully her too much or make fun of her because of her eye patch . |
| 2 | We both had n't seen much or done much . ’ |
| 3 | Back at the firm , did my colleagues ask if I had made any good deals , ordered too much or made new contacts ? |
| 4 | Talk at or across it , do n't move about too much or turn away from it . |
| 5 | All this is true , but it entirely misses the point , which is that snorers either drink too much , smoke too much or eat too much . |
| 6 | If you participate in life , you do n't see it clearly : you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much . |
| 7 | If you participate in life , you do n't see it clearly : you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much . ’ |
| 8 | Emmie thought she had never heard people laugh so much or sound so happy . |
| 9 | Carve out a larger , shallower , window at the front for the driver , taking care not to weaken the cake too much or to make the edges too thin . |
| 10 | The US Federal Trade Commission 's investigation of Microsoft Corp has had an air of unreality about it , with few people imagining that it will come to anything very much or lead to any significant change in the market , but now that the thing may be coming to a climax , what are the possible outcomes ? |
| 11 | Had one hoped for too much or has something gone wrong ? he wrote . |
| 12 | Some of the revisions are relatively trivial , but collectively , they show that the principle of stylistic variation — that there can be alternative ways of saying " the same thing " — can explain much that goes into the process of literary composition , as well as much that is involved in the reader 's interpretation of the text . |
| 13 | I mean , there 's so much that goes on in prison that people do n't know about , which they should . |
| 14 | There was criticism of much that passed for training . |
| 15 | She was surprised to realise just how much that thought still rankled . |
| 16 | To confront the anger of God in the way the ancient Israelites dared to do , to face it as directed against ourselves and the society of which we are so much a part , is to escape the romantic pretence , the unrelieved jollity , or the easy , unthinking speech of so much that passes for Christian belief and worship . |
| 17 | There are many groups , much literature , and a great deal of help available for the widowed or divorced — so much that to go into the subject in detail would require another book . |
| 18 | I have said before how much that seemed to fly in the face of my own upbringing , but I am now slowly getting there . |
| 19 | The rough general picture is of course very much that indicated in Figure I of Chapter 4 . |
| 20 | For all that , there was not much that went on in this household that Radulfus did not know . |
| 21 | And it was the woman had cast him off ; she knew him well enough already to realise how much that had hurt his pride . |
| 22 | The logic of German attitudes to the east was very much that outlined by Rosa Luxemburg : |
| 23 | I I think , I 've a funny feeling that did adopt it but quite how much that means I do n't understand . |
| 24 | I hope you manage to see everyone during the holiday period , as I know how much that means to you . |
| 25 | However , so much that needs to be done requires professional lobbying and political change , and I question whether a well-meaning group of amateurs can do much beyond counselling and sharing information . |
| 26 | OD1 proved itself much more like the classic Marshall sound , with enough dirt to make things ballsy , but not so much that backing off the guitar did n't clean up the tone for real blues rhythm playing and crunchy Bryan Adams-type chords . |
| 27 | I am impatient and intolerant of much that seems to me to be merely negative , if not actually destructive , legislation . ’ |
| 28 | Alexander Ramsay was back in his own house of Dalwolsey for Yuletide , and glad to be , for apart from the festive season 's celebrations , which he always enjoyed , there was much that required his attention as chief of a great lordship of many baronies , many manors and wide lands . |
| 29 | The same is true of the various biographies of Lloyd George — although , no doubt , when John Grigg 's multi-volume Life reaches 1931 it will illuminate much that has hitherto remained obscure ; likewise , in the case of Lloyd George 's great enemy , Neville Chamberlain , we have to await the completion of David Dilks 's biography . |
| 30 | In science , for example , the earth science component ( attainment targets 9 and 16 , with aspects of attainment targets 5 , 6 , 7 and 8 ) includes much that has in the past been described as geography , while the materials component ( ATs 6–8 ) includes a great deal that has conventionally been regarded as technology . |