Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 hold it quite so mu so much it 'll push you down a bit .
2 They flash their eyes at each other so much you 'd think they were rehearsing a scene from Carmen .
3 I know it ai n't really polite , but my hands are shaking so much I 'd spill it if I picked it up .
4 Why then do they think it is so bad for parents and only those who can afford it paying a little extra to ensure their children get a well-funded education ?
5 I noticed he said some may call him naive — that is the very best that anyone could call him .
6 There 's not much I can teach him about riding , as you see .
7 Er I think the difficulty was , there was n't much they could charge him with .
8 There was n't much I could tell 'em except ter give 'em a description o' the Italian-lookin' bloke .
9 Who knew what an unhappy woman might say in such straits , and how little she might mean it ?
10 I says , Well er we 're going about here , the two shunters are going about here and they 're vying with each other to see how much they can ignore me .
11 If somebody keeps on going abo on about how much they love you , if somebody keeps on going on about they care for you and how much they 'd like you to enjoy yourself and er all that kind of thing and you subsequently feel hurt , upset , abused and need to go to casualty , that 's probably a lot more difficult to understand because it does n't fit the script .
12 Erm , what I 've done is I 've asked for quotes from three companies er to see how much work , how much it 'll cost us to take this action .
13 Erm well I 'd like to see how much it would cost me .
14 It was all very pleasant , and Cassie began to remember what she had all but forgotten : Just what good company Ben was , and how much he could make her laugh .
15 And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know .
16 I obliged with iron-toothed Baba Yaga , and the newsagent asked how much he should pay me .
17 Entering the bedroom , he wondered how much he should tell her — but there was no need for that .
18 So instead of admitting what she 'd overheard , and letting him see just how much he 'd hurt her , she 'd play it down .
19 Phoned up to see how much he 'd charge me .
20 Tell him that I 'm with you , but that you 're not quite sure how much you ought to tell me .
21 I only want to know how much you can pay me for them . "
22 That was said in anger and confusion because I did n't want you to know how much you 'd hurt me ! ’
23 Depends how much you 'd use it , but I would n't be without mine .
24 Because you know how much I 'll hate it ? ’
25 How much I can give you
26 ‘ I do wish you 'd make some effort to grow up , ’ said my mother before she could stop herself , for she did n't want her future son-in-law to know how much I could irritate her .
27 For my part I would have to decide how much I could tell her without giving away Neil 's presence on Moila .
28 Erm if I try and do too much you might see you might be forgetting as much as you learn might n't you and that 's why it 's important for you to do these do these exercises .
29 Exactly , you 've hardly done anything , there 's not that much they can test you on .
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