Example sentences of "n't [verb] much [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't think much of his dummy himself . |
| 2 | By the way , I do n't think much of your tailor . ’ |
| 3 | Jack did n't know much about its history , just that it was a folly built by someone rich , but he had walked there many times with his camera , photographing the temple from all angles . |
| 4 | Now I come to think of it , I do n't know much about her family at all — only that she 's got a sister and a mother somewhere in the States . ’ |
| 5 | 13 in the charts with Crying — her duet with the late Roy Orbison — says : ‘ I do n't know much about my father . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know much about your life , ’ Joe said , feeling that they were becoming too emotional . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I know he ca n't do much about his hair , or his nose … |
| 8 | Statements like : ‘ Were n't you Dave Moorcroft ? ’ and : ‘ You 're not still running are you ? ’ , do n't do much for your confidence and yet , despite that , we runners of a more mature age still share the same crazy dreams as our younger colleagues , we just become better conditioned at accepting , so called , reality . |
| 9 | She said then , very quickly , like a trick question to someone in the Yes/No interlude on the Michael Miles Quiz Show : ‘ Marriage Guidance did n't do much for your need to dump , did it ? ’ |
| 10 | The flour-thickened curries , greasy hot pots and lasagnes , sausages and mash , or ersatz shepherd 's pie wo n't do much for your waistline or fatty lipid count . |
| 11 | He did n't do much for his king or his country . |
| 12 | Every week we would have to adjust to new teachers ; it made us adaptable but did n't do much for our education . |
| 13 | ‘ It has n't done much for my temper . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't spend much of my time with the other caddies , Inspector . |
| 15 | I could n't see much of her face . |
| 16 | ‘ You said you did n't see much of your family until recently . |
| 17 | I do n't see much of my homeland , but my brother is married into the kindred of Osbern of Eu , and I saw Osbern at Ewias . |
| 18 | With the shadow of his bush-hat you ca n't see much of his face . |
| 19 | Maybe it is a sign of age taking its toll , but sexual imagery does n't command much of my attention these days . |
| 20 | ‘ We sha n't take much of her time , ’ David promised . |
| 21 | Did n't have much off my mum and dad . |
| 22 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |
| 23 | Both the vet and the keeper came to the same conclusion — that Sam had eaten something that did n't agree with him , as he had n't eaten much of his food from the day before . |
| 24 | It does n't say much for her ability to command respect — and respect is not the same as fear . |