Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet as the evidence is unfolded it becomes increasingly incongruous that the mandarins of Whitehall should claim so little when they patently control so much . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should mention now I mean I I I 'm not fill in questionnaire 's but it would it would be helpful if you actually did erm fill in that before you actually leave this evening and leave it on the on the table on the way out if that 's possible I think that , that information which you put on them would be useful . |
| 3 | Another scale of wholesale charges for unused equipment is also useful for people who like a particular product so much that they genuinely want to buy it for themselves , albeit at a preferential rate . |
| 4 | This startling routine delighted the audience so much that they usually refused to let the show continue until an encore had been performed — often two . |
| 5 | He befuddled them so much that we just ended up paying them off . ’ |
| 6 | There was further antagonism when she failed to get into Leeds Polytechnic but wanted to be with Gedge so much that she still moved to Leeds anyway . |
| 7 | This upset the local medical officer of health so much that he legally required the man to refrain from having sex . |
| 8 | With the Hillbillies project , I enjoyed doing the record so much that I just wanted to do a little tour . |
| 9 | We were all concentrating so much that I almost giggled . |
| 10 | It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation … |
| 11 | By the end of 1959 , the economy had improved so much that his oft quoted quip ‘ You 've never had it so good ’ had a ring of truth about it . |
| 12 | Another lettuce then courgette never had so much but I really adore them in the Maybe that 's I have such a small treat you see That 's |
| 13 | A somewhat different case is García Márquez 's One Hundred Years of Solitude which recounts the history of the small town of Macondo , not so much as it actually happened , but as its inhabitants experienced and interpreted it and as it was transmitted by popular oral tradition . |
| 14 | " How is it you know so much when you only took the shop over last week ? " |
| 15 | For your information , if not for your conversion , let me bring you another in the line of startling books which turn upside down all that we ever believed about the Old Testament . |
| 16 | In those circumstances , teachers would be likely to offer girls a great deal of encouragement , perhaps more than they previously had done . |
| 17 | We are assuming that the knowledge concepts and skills , also the development of attitudes and personal qualities , will be delivered through the foundation subjects , options , extra-curricular activities , tutorial and careers guidance programme , and our extensive individual staff-student consultations which are a major feature of the school 's work , and perhaps more than anything else manifest our central concern for the academic and personal needs of each student . |
| 18 | It seems BNFL is doing just that and I also welcome the fact that on a day like this they are letting someone like me make an input , ’ she added . |
| 19 | ‘ A little more than she usually does . |
| 20 | Consequently , the figures do not appear to have risen as much as they actually have . |
| 21 | Well that , that 's as much as they ever got . |
| 22 | Consequently , sleep might become disturbed , particularly when , in addition , kidney function does not decrease at night as much as it once did . |
| 23 | ‘ You mean as much as you apparently have — about Petula ? ’ |
| 24 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 25 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
| 26 | Bathsheba could not remain angry for long with someone who admired her as much as he obviously did . |
| 27 | She hated Matthew Preston as much as he obviously hated her . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , as much as he ever did . |
| 29 | You ca n't chat with someone who is senile , and when she wets herself I shout at her as much as she once shouted at me . ’ |
| 30 | She climbed inside , disliking him as much as she ever had . |