Example sentences of "[adv] much you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might run on so much you 'll have to stop me |
| 2 | There 's only so much you can cling to — your credibility , your belief in small cottage industries — whatever . |
| 3 | However , there is only so much you can do to protect yourself against the whims of the Almighty . |
| 4 | There 's only so much you can do with a Super B , ’ he shrugged . |
| 5 | ‘ There is only so much you can do in Dublin . |
| 6 | There 's only so much you can do to jazz up articles on the efficacy of heart tapping in achieving full blood drainage . |
| 7 | So we did n't get over , there 's so much you can do , we went to the erm , er to see the dancing horses , you know the |
| 8 | I mean on something like interruptions there 's only so much you can say . |
| 9 | If you study a lot of subjects , they come to an end , there 's only so much you can learn about them . |
| 10 | But there is only so much you can ask of another person . |
| 11 | We are delighted to have you here you are most welcome we do hope you will enjoy yourself so much you will return as soo as soon as you can , to perhaps take advantage of our ferry port links with Normandy , and now Bilbao in Spain . |
| 12 | They flash their eyes at each other so much you 'd think they were rehearsing a scene from Carmen . |
| 13 | There is not much you can do to make radical changes to other people 's basic life positions , but you can use your awareness of the four ‘ OK — Not OK ’ positions to understand why you sometimes feel hopeless , depressed , victimized and so on . |
| 14 | There is no excuse for being caught by a marked police vehicle — but there 's not much you can do about unmarked cars or cameras . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's not much you can do in this storm . ’ |
| 16 | It can be very upsetting to have good shots spoiled in this way ; once the noise is on the tape there 's not much you can do about it except dub it out with a substitute background sound ( see page 80 ) . |
| 17 | And then they get bigger and they start thinking and watching and you realise you 're fouling them up yourself too and there 's not much you can do about that either . |
| 18 | But some children are just shy by nature and there 's not much you can do about it . |
| 19 | When these things hit you there 's not much you can do about them . ’ |
| 20 | Where lead pipe is used for the rising main , it may also contaminate the drinking water — particularly in a soft water area — but there is not much you can do about this since the supply pipe into the house is also likely to be lead and this is difficult and expensive to replace . |
| 21 | ‘ There is not much you can do about it . |
| 22 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |
| 23 | We now have so many choices , so many ‘ looks ’ , that there is not much you can wear without making a statement of some kind . |
| 24 | like to eat , you know , there 's not much you can catch coarse fishing that you can eat anyway erm but most people who go sea fishing do it to eat what they catch . |
| 25 | There is n't much you can do about this other than vengefully shoot up the sacrificial unit in your following turn . |
| 26 | You can tell them to go , but if they refuse to go there is n't much you can do . |
| 27 | Mrs Julian did n't mention how much you might have done and it 's better safe than sorry … ’ |
| 28 | How much you 'll pay |
| 29 | " Think how much you 'll enjoy eating it tonight . |
| 30 | Just consider for instance how much you 'll have in your account at the beginning of each term . |