Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] much [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betjeman captured the concern in 1938 in his poem Slough : What had appealed so much to a previous generation was no longer a cause for pride . |
| 2 | Event had become too much of a drain on both his time and the resources of the rest of the Virgin Group . |
| 3 | It was as if , the weeks of turmoil and uncertainty that followed his father 's death having turned into months , the tumultuous turn of events had proved too much for a youth of his years . |
| 4 | The Liberal Democrats complained that too many schools have outside lavatories ; that the Tories were profligate in setting up a chair of maritime history at a local university ; and that they had spent too much on a ceremonial mace . |
| 5 | The local grammar school had put too much of a gawky human edge on his son 's image . |
| 6 | She followed him over towards one of the big sofas , careful as she sat to leave as much of a gap between them as possible . |