Example sentences of "get much " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think I 'll get much sleep tonight anyway so I might as well save it for food or something . ’
2 He did not attend any professional fights nor , unlike his later friend Irving Layton , did he get much involved in fisticuffs .
3 Macbeth , short and severely to the point , is not a play onto which you can get much spin , but what we are given here is a treatment devoid of ambiguity .
4 No one expects limousine-comfort from a 137mph coupe but , even so , you do n't get much ride absorbency with either car .
5 A fair question , which did n't get much of an answer .
6 WHEN war breaks out , you do n't get much warning .
7 ‘ I did n't get much schooling .
8 ‘ Them as do ’ do n't usually get much of a look-in .
9 But she did not strike him as a girl who would get much pleasure out of flagellating herself with self-loathing and trembling hypocrisy .
10 With all this flap going on , it 's very unlikely I 'll get much peace to do any real work today . ’
11 I did n't get much opportunity to talk to for any length of time but she managed to arrange to meet with the others with young babies and we planned to get together again later that week .
12 ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about .
13 Another widow of 84 ‘ had outlived all her old friends ’ and did not get much support from her children .
14 Stands to reason you do n't get much for that sort of money , but I done well , I reckon .
15 Kick hard with your front leg Unless you have very large feet you wo n't get much extra lift , but it will help your stability and balance .
16 She glanced from her regular customers to the two new ones who seemed to be interested in the proceedings , and she said , ‘ Well , now , she wo n't get much chocolate toffee for a ha'penny .
17 And he said to her and precisely , ‘ I do n't suppose you 'll get much custom before I return , it being the dinner hour , but you know where things are . ’
18 ‘ Well , you 'll not get much welcome from that quarter , will you ? ’
19 ‘ I could n't , ’ Knocker grunted , ‘ do n't get much call for 'em around here , but I expect the Missus can . ’
20 Because — even if you are ill and ca n't get much fun out of life — it would have been a messy kind of end .
21 She would n't get much good of him last night . ’
22 She 'll hold off as long as she can ; we wo n't get much of a view , and they are saying shore batteries could n't do her much damage .
23 ‘ Do you get much sabotage ? ’
24 He asked : ‘ Does he get much official help with the children ?
25 ‘ Well we did n't get much sleep last night , so I am a bit tired , ’ replied Miss K. ‘ Good , ’ replied her acquaintance .
26 Her rent having been enormously increased , because her landlord thought he could get much more from some South American tenants , Ivy began to consider moving .
27 Firstly , you do n't get much space , which is why I was so lucky to have Paul Rendall clearing the way for me .
28 Not even those who share the faith would get much for their money out of this one .
29 Although Mum was working at the fish shop she did n't get much for her labours , sometimes only some fish and chips .
30 Insp Butler 's hobbies are tracing family trees and watching cricket , although he admits nowadays he does not get much time for either .
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