Example sentences of "[that] i [verb] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHY IS it that I get so much personally addressed mail ? |
| 2 | Katia starts to talk about the special projects which they are planning in Japan , and groans about management with no sense of fun — ‘ Who 's that guy we met , Marielle ? — the big pompous one , who complained that I sang too much ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It shocks a lot of people , they do n't believe that I eat so much . |
| 4 | My husband , who 's 41 , hates the fact that I smoke and moans that I eat too much . |
| 5 | same leg , so erm , see Gary moans at me that I , he says that I eat too much erm salt , now if I was to eat that much salt I would n't get cramp |
| 6 | In bed , drifting on the edge of sleep , I think of November evenings in my own town that I hate so much , London , with its sky of sagging cloud , where all the beautiful women already have boyfriends . |
| 7 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 8 | ‘ You introduced me to Paris and it will be my turn to introduce you to England — not that I know very much about London . |
| 9 | ‘ I think my trouble was that I had too much help and felt as if my boobs were all anyone was interested in . |
| 10 | Although at this stage of my work I shared interests with him on matters concerning children 's learning and Art Education , I quickly discovered that I had so much more to learn from him about ideas , materials and their uses and in the need to create a working environment of a high order . |
| 11 | You always taught me that I had so much to be thankful for , but there are still a lot of things that I wish had never happened . |
| 12 | I also reminded her of her predictions concerning Lord Lovat and herself , and that I hoped very much to see the end of the campaign in Normandy and looked forward to meeting her again in the Highlands . |
| 13 | One that I enjoyed very much recently was H. J. Massingham 's autobiography ‘ Remembrance ’ , which , if you have not read , I am sure you would like . |
| 14 | exerting , that I carry too much weight and I know that and its like the lady said its not the chocolate biscuits but it is erm self erm |
| 15 | I know from your books , that I admire so much , that you are a shrewd observer of human … er , behaviour . |
| 16 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 17 | Not that I danced very much . |
| 18 | During one of his first trips abroad , to Prague , he ended up in a hotel like this and ‘ thought desperately of my own town on the shores of the Mediterranean , of the summer evenings that I love so much , so gentle in the green light and full of young and beautiful women ’ . |
| 19 | So much so that I want very much to make love to you again . |
| 20 | A final plaintive note records how , influenced by the advice of friends , this postlude does not include adverse commentary on the recent moves in the Department of Education to centralise the school curriculum ( ’ on the grounds that I read too much into what were chance decisions ’ ) and regretting accepting that advice . |
| 21 | What I did know was that I did n't want to grow up , and my diary records that I confessed as much — when pressed to my housemistress . |
| 22 | ‘ Rohan will tell you , mademoiselle , that I spend too much time on my researches . |
| 23 | ‘ On my report they write that I 'm a bit too chatty , that I talk too much to everybody , friends and teachers . |
| 24 | " How can you say that , how can you say that , " said Clelia , " by saying that you are condemning me , you 're criticizing me , you 're implying that I talk too much , God knows I do , but surely you could do better ? |