Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that each element of Q[x] has infinitely many associates . |
| 2 | Yet most tend to agree with the right-wing slogan , ‘ the boat is full ’ , meaning Germany has too many foreigners . |
| 3 | In tonight 's ’ Tuesday Special ’ on Central Gloucestershire Chief Constable Albert Pacey says too many juveniles are only cautioned , when they should be dealt with by the courts . |
| 4 | An' I du n no 'ow long I 'll be livin' 'fore I 'm sick like yore ol' lady 'angin' rahnd ver launjrette an' waitin' up fer ol' man an' 'avin' Gawd knows 'ow many kids 'angin' rahnd me an' ‘ Mummy this ’ and ‘ Mummy that ’ my Gawd if you mus ' know Sharon all my life all I fuckin' wanner do is shine up there like a dancer or sunnink . |
| 5 | Janice sends very many thanks to everyone for the lovely flowers she received while in hospital recently and thanks also to the super evening she spent at Avery Hill Easter Party . |
| 6 | TV 's Miss Victoria ‘ Vicki ’ Michelle gets so many requests for suspenders that she 'd ‘ go BUST if she answered them all ; |
| 7 | Given that the United Kingdom has so many undertakings with more than 1,000 employees , does my hon. Friend agree that we would be disproportionately affected by the draft European directive on works councils ? |
| 8 | Depending on the type of paper , you know , ‘ Girton produces a thousand plus waste mountain every week ’ — that kind of line , and in fact even better still is to really get it down to , to humanize it and to translate it as roughly as you need to and into round figures , and use a little journalistic licence and say , you know , ‘ Every person in Girton generates so many tonnes of waste , you know , each . ’ |
| 9 | Farmers are facing increasing uncertainty about the future , but at least Brian Lloyd knows how many lambs he 'll have . |
| 10 | Ian Botham knows how many miles it is from Land 's End to Margate , but do you ? |
| 11 | and he says and I 'm putting in God knows how many hours , he said and we got a drop to fifty pound a day . |
| 12 | God knows how many offences I 've committed ! |
| 13 | Primates are expensive to buy , there 's God knows how many regulations attached to keeping them , and you have to employ two full-time handlers to look after them . |
| 14 | God knows how many generations — right back to the Conquest . |
| 15 | It 's usually a case of one shepherd and his meagre flock having to support a wife , God knows how many children , plus brothers and sisters and aged relatives . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been working on this project for two years — two full years with God knows how many people involved . |
| 17 | He 'll never let you get away with anything in a ward even if he 's been pining with unrequited love for your aunt for God knows how many years . ’ |
| 18 | he 's probably had the car for God knows how many weeks , now he 's got what car , you know , he could be , you do n't know do ya ? |
| 19 | There 's not the point going out there and fucking taking God knows how many pictures |
| 20 | Do you want God knows how many gallons of water cascading down all over us ? " |
| 21 | The entire loft is a matted tangle of sticks and twigs brought in by the jackdaws over God knows how many centuries ; in parts it is many metres deep . |
| 22 | Five days and God knows how many miles to go . |
| 23 | The pity is that Mr Eysenck leaves so many hostages to fortune . |
| 24 | Nathan asks how many reindeer the Lapp has and is rewarded with a piercing look . |
| 25 | Lord knows how many vehicles — all of them following us , I suspect . |
| 26 | I THINK Costello makes too many records for his own good , but here , he found a vein of country and swing which was peculiarly well suited to his wordplay and visual imagery . |
| 27 | That must be why Glasgow has so many museums . |
| 28 | Edinburgh produces so many theses on geology as a whole that the number on Scottish geology is not disproportionate . |
| 29 | It 's no wonder America has so many shrinks . |