Example sentences of "done so much " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is here that the Germans have done so much pioneer work , and indeed the whole tendency of their art historical studies has been to regard works of art almost entirely from a chronological point of view , as coefficients of a time sequence , without reference to their aesthetic significance . |
| 2 | And much much much much rather feed you brandy with my mouth which has n't done so much smiling since I was knee-high to a grasshopper and did n't know just how much fun this life could be . |
| 3 | It is a great tribute that the Labour Party , having done so much to destroy the climate in which industry is successful , is now having to listen to what we 're saying . |
| 4 | Luke Rittner , secretary general of the Arts Council , said inflation had outstripped grant aid by 6 per cent , and ‘ a failure by government to recognise this situation will be a cruel slap in the face to an arts world that has done so much to adapt to the market economy of the 1980s ’ . |
| 5 | At the same time she remains ‘ isolated from the very social structure which her courage and vitality have done so much to enliven and renew ’ ( Rose , ‘ Women in Men 's Clothing ’ , 389 — 90 ) . |
| 6 | It has done so much for us . |
| 7 | The meetings in Washington recaptured something of the wartime Anglo-American relationship that had done so much to win the Second World War . |
| 8 | The Irish Government was resolutely determined to rid itself of the British system which had done so much harm to the economy . |
| 9 | Moreover , the most impressive and unusual feature of Scottish bonding , the loyalty to a single lord which had done so much to make lordship so stabilizing a factor , was inevitably diminished . |
| 10 | Hughes admitted that one reason for the slow growth of the movement in Wales was that the Church of Wales was in a minority ‘ and there did not exist the sense of peril which , he feared , must be admitted , had done so much in driving them together in England ’ . |
| 11 | Having done so much good among them , the people were all the more prepared to listen to his teaching . |
| 12 | It may be appropriate to end this section with a quotation from H. C. A. Somerset whose research on examination and selection in African schools has done so much to clarify problems and suggest solutions : |
| 13 | Unfortunately , although Robert Stewart had done so much to secure David 's release and towards administering Scotland in his absence , David did not trust him and , in fact , had him imprisoned . |
| 14 | In most countries north of the Alps wine was the luxury of the rich , even though most of the wine drunk at this time was what we should call ‘ vin ordinaire ’ ; and even communion wine ( which had done so much to foster the growth of the northern vineyards ) was drunk less and less by the laity in these centuries , until communion in one kind became the rule . |
| 15 | I usually find , though , that I have done so much walking and sightseeing during the day that , by the time I have had a meal and a bath , I am quite happy to read in bed for an hour and then go to sleep . |
| 16 | ‘ I ai n't done so much . ’ |
| 17 | This was so important ; he had done so much work ; he had to make Jean-Paul understand . |
| 18 | No man has ever done so much to popularise the kite as an educational instrument . |
| 19 | The former shot himself in 1800 after the disastrous breakdown of his marriage to Elizabeth Vassall , the daughter of a Jamaican planter whose wealth had done so much to preserve Webster ambitions . |
| 20 | ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more . |
| 21 | Twenty years earlier , it had been his patriotic rhetoric which had briefly rallied the nation around him and done so much to consolidate his grip on absolute power . |
| 22 | I could not help feeling proud of the missionary personnel who had done so much to help the fleeing refugees at Shwebo , Mohnyin and Myitkyina , and elsewhere . |
| 23 | My brother Dennis has done so much for me , too . |
| 24 | His books have done so much to popularise the sport . |
| 25 | Mr Smith rammed home the lunacy of gambling away ONE THOUSAND MILLION POUNDS trying to prop up the pound when the money could have done so much good at home . |
| 26 | He 's a great leader and although he has done so much , he still has a great future in front of him . ’ |
| 27 | They 've done so much brilliant stuff , from Marley to Traffic to U2 . |
| 28 | Having done so much to point up the plight of blacks in the 1960s and 1970s , Ali reduced himself to little more than a comic figure in much the same way as Johnson had . |
| 29 | The remainder of that meeting was reasonably unremarkable except for the establishment of the Accident/Incident Data Reporting System ( ADREP ) on which Peter Bardon had done so much hard work with a special panel before the meeting . |
| 30 | ‘ Cooney , ’ she says by way of special tribute , ‘ has done so much for Irish music , with all that he 's brought from other cultures . ’ |