Example sentences of "[verb] not do much " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government has not done much to restrain it . |
| 2 | If he has not done much gardening before , you can work together , so that you can enjoy sharing the tasks , and it is easier for you to assess when the patient has had enough . |
| 3 | This has not done much to improve its reputation as a heavy , high-calorie food , which is certainly undeserved . |
| 4 | Apart from that , Mr Clinton has not done much with drugs policy . |
| 5 | This neglected village has not done much to draw attention to its grand literary connections , though it has quite a prepossessing seventeenth-century church with a delightful octagonal tower and a two-storey cloister . |
| 6 | However , the feeling among certain firms on the scheme is that it has not done much if anything to generate business from new clients . |
| 7 | APART from a bit of financial window dressing , the Chancellor has n't done much with this statement . |
| 8 | While Colonel Sanders 's fried poultry has n't done much for the state 's image and few of us get to attend the Kentucky Derby , America 's leading spirit is becoming increasingly fashionable in Britain . |
| 9 | ‘ It has n't done much for my temper . ’ |
| 10 | A broken marriage has n't done much to lighten them , either . ’ |
| 11 | But they did not do much more than that . |
| 12 | She did not do much for the female stereotype , but she did do away with the idea that you can not have a woman as boss . |
| 13 | In 1887 Peach and Horne did not do much field work as the former had sciatica and the latter suffered from what was described as inflammation . |
| 14 | While writers simply reflected people 's greater knowledge of the colonies and did not do much to increase it , the churches made quite substantial efforts to keep in touch across the Atlantic . |
| 15 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 16 | The pipes had frozen and the tiny electric fire did not do much good . |
| 17 | Increasing the cost of bricks , timber and glass did not do much to lift the housing standards of the poor . |
| 18 | In these areas Gloucester 's appointment in 1480 as the king 's lieutenant in the north did not do much more than recognize existing realities . |
| 19 | Even British participation in the new South East Asian Treaty Organization ( SEATO ) , formed in September 1954 , did not do much to reassure Washington . |
| 20 | There were Christmas trees in all the windows except Doris 's and everyone was probably at home , though most people did not do much on the Eve . |
| 21 | TWO academics , who clearly did not do much of their research in the North-East , have written a book called Bad Language . |
| 22 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 23 | The pilot did not do much to soften the trip . |
| 24 | These , in themselves , do not do much harm , but in unpainted ply they form little traps for moisture and bacteria and so lead to trouble . |
| 25 | 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 ? ’ |
| 26 | Every week we would have to adjust to new teachers ; it made us adaptable but did n't do much for our education . |
| 27 | It was supposed to be work experience , but I did n't do much work other than stare at the test card , and this was a pretty boring experience . |
| 28 | To be honest it did n't do much to encourage me to live for Jesus and I do n't think it did anything at all for my non-Christian friends . |
| 29 | As a result , I did n't do much spontaneous playing in the actual studio . ’ |
| 30 | They did n't do much in the first game and we 're unbeaten away . ’ |