Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | I go to college now I 'm doing my G C S Es and I 'm enjoying them very much and I 'm glad I went onto that course first . |
| 2 | Yes , although children pick them up much more often than adults do . |
| 3 | ‘ You want me so much now , ’ he said . |
| 4 | We so enjoyed having friends to stay and got to know them so much better than in London . |
| 5 | Poor child , it 's terrible that she loves me so much . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's because she loves me so much that I just ca n't hurt her . |
| 7 | And my nephew loves me very much |
| 8 | ‘ Our first meeting is n't very clear in my mind because I 'm older than Tessa , and when you 're a teenager , you do n't really consider someone that much younger . |
| 9 | A Kentish farm-labourer , writing from New Zealand , thanked the farmers for having driven him out by a lockout of the labourers ' union , since he now found himself so much better off : he would not have thought of going otherwise . |
| 10 | ‘ Roman , I want you so much … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I want you so much … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I want you so much … ’ |
| 13 | Aunt Margaret surreptitiously ran her finger round her own silver choker as if the sight of the Queen 's collar had reminded her how much her own one hurt . |
| 14 | She craved it ; she wanted to taste him and touch him so much … |
| 15 | Would she have enjoyed him so much if she had thought the whole thing permanent ? she asked herself sternly now , sitting up in bed and shaking off the poppy and mandragora effect that thinking about that summer had on her . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's such a darling , Guy , and Charles loves her so much … ’ |
| 17 | He loves her so much and what 's he going through now she has told him she has a child by another man ? ’ |
| 18 | Because she loves her so much . |
| 19 | ‘ Judith loves him very much , ’ he said quietly to me . |
| 20 | This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic . |
| 21 | One of the somewhat older guy , he can orchestrate it so much so that he gets his gold out of it . |
| 22 | But that is simplifying it too much ; for it is like learning how to ride a bike : you can read about the technique , but only lots of practice will give you a feel for it and the essential balance you need . |
| 23 | We found it very much a grey area . |
| 24 | I 've enjoyed myself very much so far — with my work . ’ |
| 25 | In 1923 , when the Liberals found themselves in much the same situation as Mr Ashdown is hoping for today , Asquith told them that they ‘ were not sent here by your constituents to play the part of soldiers of fortune ’ , but that was exactly the part they found themselves playing then , and will find themselves playing now if we get a hung Parliament , and they will be unsuccessful mercenaries at that . |
| 26 | It must have been a savage attack ; Boswell had offended Johnson 's pride and held him up to ridicule ; now Johnson retaliated with such force that Boswell says , ‘ though I can bear such attacks as well as most men , I yet found myself so much the sport of all the company , that I would gladly expunge from my mind every trace of this severe retort . ’ |
| 27 | She was quiet and calm , and did n't talk much ( I was supposed to do the talking ) and she said she thought I should come every week , and told me how much it would cost . |
| 28 | Mrs Webster had a Friend ( to whom she always gave a metaphorical capital letter in speech ) , and she told me how much her Friend liked reading . |
| 29 | She told me how much more exciting Willesden was than rural Bedfordshire , despite the once a year trips to Milton Keynes . |
| 30 | Not least of these is the achievement of a 53 year old , who resembled nothing so much ( yaks apart ) as the reincarnation of General Bruce and weighed 16 stone at the outset of the expedition , in getting to that height . |