Example sentences of "much [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This lunchtime we 're missing a Co-op beer-tasting and nosh up at the excellent Dragon House Chinese restaurant in Newcastle these politicians have much for which to answer . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's all too much for me to take in ! it 's like one of those awful science-fiction films they do on television , too complicated for words . |
| 3 | There 's so much for me to give , |
| 4 | This is a big , lonely house , and there is n't much for me to do . |
| 5 | There was often just too much for me to finish on my own . |
| 6 | The general standard of living is so much better , I have a f—ed-up up family — who does n't have a f—ed-up family ? — I 'm screwed-up and should be in some psychiatrist 's office , but in general there was n't that much for me to worry about , and I think that 's a lot less common in England . |
| 7 | If I was charged for all that I get , I know it would cost too much for me to pay . |
| 8 | Only do n't make it too much for me to bear ! ’ |
| 9 | I see that Wetherall got MOTM for the game on Saturday from one of the tabloids , so much for me saying he was at fault for the goals . |
| 10 | Jim Bob , laughing , says that some of the crew are here , as much for him to talk to as for their tour responsibilities : ‘ Because if we were n't having a good time with our friends we could n't do this . ’ |
| 11 | Anthony , predictably enough Julia thought , decided that his patients needed him too much for him to take any kind of holiday over the Easter weekend , but he made no objection to David 's formal request to take Julia away to stay with his mother . |
| 12 | The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references . |
| 13 | Nevertheless he faces a very stern examination today when he will be pitted head-to-head against the formidable defending champion Eamonn Darcy , who still stroke deficit is not too much for him to make up . |
| 14 | No , it was too much for him to understand ; he could stay here for years and never understand it . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're exquisite , Leith , ’ he said softly , ‘ so exquisite , ’ and , as if her beauty was too much for him to bear , he closed his eyes . |
| 16 | She is in shock and in pain and requires an immediate transfusion of love and an injection of strength in the form of your quiet sympathy and understanding , and practical help with all the arrangements she has to make , as well as assistance with the simple routines of daily living ; for even these may be too much for her to cope with alone while she is engaged in the important and necessary task of grieving . |
| 17 | She was quietly , in a place called Peddeston , she 's chucked a travel ticket , it 's a bit much for her to do , big tough training and that sort of thing , but hopefully she 'll pass her test in the near future , and all she needs to be able to do is get her rise so she can afford to make up . |
| 18 | Bathsheba 's feelings were almost too much for her to control , and she sat down suddenly in the grass . |
| 19 | He had told her a lot the previous night , too much for her to take in , but the salient points stuck out clearly in her mind . |
| 20 | He wanted very much for her to know how much he loved her , so he had called her ‘ Mam ’ , then ‘ Angel ’ , and now ‘ Sweetheart ’ , because it made her happy . |
| 21 | Was the further sacrifice of having to spend more time with this Danish dictator , this Nordic Nero , really too much for her to endure ? |
| 22 | As they had in losing to Bath on the day Wales lost to Bridgend , Neath conceded a first-half deficit which proved too much for them to turn over . |
| 23 | There 's not much for them to do at all . |
| 24 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
| 25 | All of a sudden , it was too much for them to take . ’ |
| 26 | Failure proved too much for them to cope with , and they sought comfort in false succour . |
| 27 | There was much for everyone to see . |
| 28 | The sanitation has improved since the merchant 's time , but it 's somewhere to treasure as much for what has n't happened to it as for what has . |
| 29 | I normally work on a 33MHz 486 , and do n't ever have to wait much for anything to happen . |
| 30 | ‘ It was all too much for us to take in , ’ says David . |