Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | His tone suggested that he did not pin much faith in this being the case . |
| 2 | He did not give much for Beales 's chances of getting in and out of the building unremarked . |
| 3 | He did not register much surprise at this important discovery , but it needs to be borne in mind that he supposed that he had reached islands near the eastern shores of Asia rather than a land mass inaccessible to the descendents of Noah ! |
| 4 | But he did not waste much time . |
| 5 | He did not think much of the lectures . |
| 6 | He did not say much but agreed that he had had queer thoughts ad wondered whether they really were due to normal depression or the influence of the discovery . |
| 7 | Although he was satisfied with his progress , he did not see much possibility for immediate promotion . |
| 8 | He did n't do much for his king or his country . |
| 9 | He did n't eat much food but he drank more rum than usual . |
| 10 | He never nicked an apple off the cart ( he did n't go much for fruit and veg ) , he was probably too honest . |
| 11 | He never nicked an apple off the cart ( he did n't go much for fruit and veg ) , he was probably too honest . |
| 12 | There was always the Donovan Treatment , but he did n't think much of the idea of being a disembodied brain in a jar . |
| 13 | He did n't think much of the unions and their so-called democracy , preferring to rely on direct contact with the leaders . |
| 14 | He did n't think much of his dummy himself . |
| 15 | The two broken marriages and then the obvious fact that he did n't think much of her . |
| 16 | Was he trying to rub in the fact that he did n't think much of me ? |
| 17 | Jealous of Lubor ? ’ and did n't know where she was when , as if he did n't think much of sitting opposite her in one chair while she had the huge couch all to herself , Ven suddenly moved from his chair and came and sat down next to her on the couch . |
| 18 | Perhaps Rourke was there as an ideas man — certainly he did n't show much enthusiasm for getting into the nitty-gritty of the day-to-day workload . |
| 19 | But he did n't spend much time here . ’ |
| 20 | He did n't say much at all really . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , he did n't say much but that did n't stop me , and in the end I got out and left him there . ’ |
| 22 | The trouble was , he thought , as he signed the paper , indecipherably , with his left hand , folded it and put it into his jacket pocket , he did n't know much about thallium poisoning , and even less about the making of lenses with a high refractive index . |
| 23 | He did n't know much about Islam but he was aware that being an imam was a bit like being a Vice-president for Life . |
| 24 | He did n't know much about it . |
| 25 | He did n't see much more of Tina and the teachers treated him with gentle sympathy , almost as if he were an invalid . |
| 26 | Despite the obvious satisfaction with which he carries out his work , Keith admits , when it became time , he did n't have much of a say in choosing a career in the RAF . |
| 27 | He did n't have much time for politicians as a breed . |
| 28 | ‘ No , he did n't have much chance . |
| 29 | It was a pity that he did n't have much of an appetite . |
| 30 | Still , I was n't being paid — I 'd resisted Edward 's offer of money ; I was pretty sure he did n't have much and , for the moment , I did n't need it . |