Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] much [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that advertisements in the ‘ property ’ or ‘ holiday ’ pages do not bring much of a response , and the best results are achieved by separate advertisements in an editorial page . |
| 2 | That would be quite unacceptable to good potential MPs who do not think much of popularity ( their own or other people 's ) and would not demean themselves by deliberately setting out to acquire it . |
| 3 | I do not think much of the House of Lords anyhow , but it is essential for the proper performance of parliamentary government that the major Bills — this is one — are introduced first in this House . |
| 4 | I do not remember much of the actual golf , but what I do recall is an eager young man infectiously happy over his win and sharing the emotion with an appreciative crowd . |
| 5 | Beyond this , I do not accept much of the Freudian mythological apparatus , though Civilization and its Discontents has always seemed to me a penetrating if deeply pessimistic work of cultural analysis . |
| 6 | The companies rather lamely contend that the market determines fair prices and that the government 's demands can not be met since they do not track much of the data and do not sell directly to customers . |
| 7 | I do not know much about gods ; but I think that the river |
| 8 | We do not know much about Newcomen 's early work . |
| 9 | You can begin to find this out by using an ANNALS , which functions as a short-cut summary of historical facts if you do not know much about a text 's historical background . |
| 10 | Sadly they probably do not know much of the Bible and have few friends among the saints , so they opt for one of the little poems which some newspapers have on offer in a little book . |
| 11 | Of the tax paid by Osaka 's residents and businesses , 84% goes to central government ; they do not see much of it again . |
| 12 | I do not recall much of the plot but all through childhood and beyond I have remained haunted by vivid remembered images : little leprechauns in mad underground celebration dancing round pots of gold , leaping over plundered treasures ; Michael and Katy skipping hand in hand through the fields ; the jaunty , laughing , Guinness swilling , devil may care Darby with his pub stories , his sideways philosophy and his battles of wit with the wily King Brian of the leprechauns ; but mainly , and most frighteningly , the dreaded death coach with its headless coachman come to call Darby 's soul on the one way trip to hell . |
| 13 | Land Rovers do not self centre very much because in common with most beam axled four wheel drive vehicles they do not have much of a caster angle on the front axle . |
| 14 | People feel that they do not have much of a life , because in their terms , their lives seem unfulfilling and pointless . |
| 15 | The verdicts are implicitly defining what is appropriate behaviour for women and suggesting that they do not have much of a safeguard if they stray into areas regarded as ‘ male territory ’ whether it be a barracks room or a street late at night . |
| 16 | If , as I have suggested , the 12 members of the Community do not have much in common with us over sovereignty , what do we have in common over foreign affairs ? |
| 17 | I 'm not always very good at saying what I mean , except at work , that is ; I 've been to Europe and the States but never to Nineveh and Distant Ophir ; I do n't have much time — literally — for the arts , though I 'm not against them in any way , you understand ( sometimes there 's a nice concert on the car radio ; like most people I read a book or two on holiday ) ; and I do n't give much of a thought to my clothes beyond looking smart at work and feeling comfortable when I get home . |
| 18 | As he shook hands and tolerated all the small-talk , he thought of saying , I do n't think much of you , you old trout . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think much of T.S . |
| 20 | I have to say I do n't think much of the distortion sounds here . |
| 21 | I do n't think much of it at all . |
| 22 | He turned towards her now , adding , ‘ And you do n't think much of Annie , do you ? |
| 23 | After all , most people do n't think much of Liverpool as a place to work and live in , though I think it 's fantastic and I live in greater style — in the wing of a large Victorian house — than I could in the South . |
| 24 | I knew at once by his tone that he meant — ‘ and I do n't think much of it ’ . |
| 25 | Nothing ‘ happened ’ — but that was n't my fault and I do n't think much of a man who 's foul-mouthed enough to insinuate things about his own sister ! ’ |
| 26 | By the way , I do n't think much of your tailor . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't think much of us , do you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Now , see here , you children , ’ he told the twins and Kerry-Jane with mock sternness , ‘ I do n't think much of those sand-castles . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think much of the packaging paper . |
| 30 | Do n't think much of that ! |