Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] n't [verb] much " in BNC.

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1 Jo Baker 's guest house in Ross on Wye has n't seen much trade recently .
2 One journalist asked him about " The Love Life of J. Alfred Prufrock " and he replied gravely , " I 'm afraid that J. Alfred Prufrock did n't have much of a love life " .
3 The photograph did n't do much for the man .
4 David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole .
5 David Hempleman Adams did n't need much help navigating his team from his base at Swindon to the House of Commons ; after all he 'd successfully managed to get them to the North Geomagnetic Pole .
6 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 ? ’
7 Glancing from beneath her lashes , Lindsey studied his profile , and found it unnerving , or perhaps it was simply that the confining space of the small car did n't allow much distance between driver and passenger .
8 We have plenty more back at the hotel , and I guess you kids do n't have much money . "
9 As usual in the Irish papers games involving League of Ireland club do n't get much coverage .
10 Locating the row on which you want to change colour can be difficult , as visually the car does n't bear much resemblance to the knitted , original , design .
11 " I suspect that kindness does n't play much part in your life . "
12 Josh does n't have much of an appetite at present , but I expect the boys will be hungry when they get home from school . ’
13 And resting my eyes does n't have much to do with it , I 'm sure , but I 'm darn well going to rest them anyway . ’
14 ‘ The fans have n't seen much of him but what they 've seen they have liked , ’ said Keegan .
15 APART from a bit of financial window dressing , the Chancellor has n't done much with this statement .
16 If a home has n't got much space and there are still children around , the chances of it working without conflict are reduced .
17 A broken marriage has n't done much to lighten them , either . ’
18 Gustav did n't waste much time about … ’
19 If this was his way of helping her then Maggie did n't think much of it .
20 Doone did n't know much about marble , it appeared .
21 Erm , I think that this erm , part of the agenda is most interesting because I think it 's other departments which also report back to the policy resources , which really , we as a erm , council do n't get much chance to see it 's doing .
22 Swindon tried to play their game but in the first half did n't have much joy …
23 While it may be straightforward to assess whether a lease is renewed properly or a contract accurately drafted — it will soon be clear if they have been or not — these transactions do n't carry much potential for building long-term relationships or adding value through additional services .
24 But Karen did n't have much use for tradition .
25 I half thought the implications of Francis 's death had n't got through to her , but that girl does n't give much away . ’
26 oak and ash does n't like much of it .
27 We go two lads there with hardly any work on me and Jan are alright now we got a third person Graham has n't got much on and er Ri Richard 's scraping round for work , so of course my ears pricked up like so I thought , Mike sensed that I 'd looked up and he looked at me and er so I just looked back he said God , God had never invented a woman with small ears !
28 Maybe not : Japan and the European Community do n't seem much interested in this business , do they ?
29 We and customs did n't know much at all till you phoned last night with the stories about the lorries and the baggage handlers at Gatwick . ’
30 The big white room did n't have much to offer .
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