Example sentences of "so much [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've so much to talk about — and so much to plan . ’ |
| 2 | All the Cairo world loved a good funeral and the bystanders stopped what they were doing , not so much to let the procession pass but to join in the fun . |
| 3 | ‘ Why … why … there is so much to ask , ’ he said instead . |
| 4 | Is it so much to ask ? ’ |
| 5 | It 's not so much to ask , is it ? |
| 6 | Is it so much to ask ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , child , ’ Jake whispered , ‘ there 's so much to regret in what I let happen to him . |
| 9 | She wanted so much to remain with him on the terms which had always existed between them , did not want the wealth and consequence of her real life to come between them before it needed to . |
| 10 | It could have done so much to persuade this wayward son that he was actually killing himself . |
| 11 | Postage and paperwork is a waster of the Association 's valuable resources which the membership does so much to create in the first place . |
| 12 | Peter hesitated in the hall , not so much to eavesdrop as to prepare himself for a noiseless ascent of the stairs . |
| 13 | And , her tone suddenly changing completely , ‘ Would it really hurt you so much to pretend to be me for an hour ? ’ she asked mournfully . |
| 14 | In particular , Bede had a direct influence on the Carolingian renaissance of the ninth century through his pupil Egbert , who became Archbishop of York and trained Alcuin , who under Charlemagne founded the Frankish schools that did so much to stimulate learning on the Continent . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | She gives out so much and has so much to teach us . ’ |
| 17 | Only trouble was I had so much to do ; I never even had a chance to snorkel . |
| 18 | There was so much to do ; there were people out there whom the system was failing ; there was a world that was being poisoned . |
| 19 | Blown-up extracts from contemporary Paris newspapers , on panels larger than the works of art on display , suggest that the district 's sudden fame was not so much to do with art or philosophy , but the novel phenomenon of la jeunesse . |
| 20 | .. there is so much to do . |
| 21 | It is very different from our usual trip programme — there is so much to do and see , and we 've been selective in choosing only the very best . |
| 22 | Benidorm is such a terrific holiday resort , with so much to do , that it is difficult to know where to start . |
| 23 | Qualified conductors work a compulsory nineteen hours a week , but most work up to thirty hours as there is so much to do . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh dear , oh dear , I ca n't , we 're supposed to be leaving tomorrow , or the day after , if we can get everything ready , there 's so much to do . |
| 25 | Yet at the age of 77 this remarkable part-time breeder was echoing Cecil Rhodes : ‘ So much to do ; so little done ! ’ |
| 26 | After the meeting there would be so much to do that the time would Pass quickly . |
| 27 | We may well endorse the saying regarding him who had so much to do with road-making in the Highlands and islands ; ‘ if you had seen these roads before they were made you would have blessed brave General Wade , ’ and wish prosperity to the Highland Railway Company . |
| 28 | But perhaps this not so much to do with ‘ stars ’ as the fact that related people often share the same preferences when planning their families . |
| 29 | This was not a lucrative job , but she had had so much to do at home that she could n't undertake anything else . |
| 30 | Mother had so much to do outside and the old folk living with us were ailing and needed a lot of attention . |