Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] much [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Narrowly dyadic relationships of this kind show no tendency to proliferate outwards so as to form a wider network , and , since they are usually short-lived , anthropologists have not often given them much attention . |
| 2 | Frank , 49 , who had requested the inquiry himself [ see p. 36843 ] , was a generally liked and respected member of the House , whose openness had originally won him much sympathy , although a detailed interview in Newsweek caused some offence . |
| 3 | His short visit has given him much information about the courses but , more importantly , he now has an intimate feeling of how these young men and women , drawn from all walks of life , are trained . |
| 4 | The travelling chaos of a modern party leader 's election entourage had carried Major within a few miles of the home of the founder of the profession , a few of whose more troublesome contemporary practitioners are said to have caused him much irritation over the 16 months of his premiership . |
| 5 | ‘ I must confess I have n't given it much thought . ’ |
| 6 | The British Employers ' Confederation , for example , had no strong views on the matter , the NFOAPA vaguely opposed compulsory retirement , and only the Fabian Society had given it much thought : they proposed an interesting ‘ double-decker ’ scheme , involving payment of 10s 0d per week as in the existing system , and ‘ adequate ’ pensions on retirement . |
| 7 | Until now she had n't given it much thought . |
| 8 | So far I 've not given it much thought . |
| 9 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 10 | Leonora confessed she had n't really given it much thought , all her attention on the weather as Penry loaded the boat . |
| 11 | No not really , no I , I 'm hale and hearty erm there is no history of illness in my family , my father , my grandfather lived till he was about eighty four I 've never really given it much thought . |
| 12 | Well I have n't given it much thought but er if I were to die I would n't want my wife and family to suffer . |
| 13 | He was thirty-six years old and not yet married , mainly because his trips to Africa — where most of his work had been done — had not left him much time to find a suitable wife , though others in similar positions seemed to have achieved wives and marriages , whether suitable or not . |
| 14 | And even if I had , I do n't think I 'd 've paid it much attention . |