Example sentences of "i [verb] not [verb] much " in BNC.
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1 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
2 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
3 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
4 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | But I do not put much weight on this second ground , for great as may be the importance of putting out a fire , it is not sufficiently great to justify the driver in leaving a trail of destruction behind him . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I do not know much about gods ; but I think that the river |
10 | Accordingly , I do not derive much assistance from the definitions of natural justice which have been from time to time used , but , whatever standard is adopted , one essential is that the person concerned should have a reasonable opportunity of presenting his case . |
11 | I confess I do not find much relevance in this to the death penalty . |
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 | I do not see much to encourage me at all , but this does not worry me for it could be much later when they arrive , after I have left for home . |
14 | That would take capital , and I do not have much money . |
15 | ‘ I 'll handle this , ’ said Dad ‘ Look Amy , you mother and I do not have much money . |
16 | But I do n't expect much change out of £6,000 . ’ |
17 | I do n't have a proper job so I do n't earn much money . |
18 | ‘ Yes , I do n't earn much money , but I 'm happy in my job . |
19 | erm mushrooms cabbage and everything 's raw , completely raw carrots in th in the middle with two different two mayonnaise dips one plai s plain mayonnaise and the other half of it is erm garlic flavour mayonnaise and erm that 's as a starter I always have that and I thoroughly enjoy it you know that 's the by the time I 've had that I do n't want much of my main meal cos it 's great |
20 | I 'm fed up , I do n't make much dirt so why have I got to spend my life cleaning up other people 's ? |
21 | You 'll find it , the better I do n't rank much but , tend , tend , to , to , just do that and it 'll go through . |
22 | I also smoke , but at least I do n't drink much alcohol . |
23 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |
24 | Well I do n't drink much do I ? |
25 | But I do n't drink much . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | I do n't do much except look round and think about things — mostly Marie and that . |
28 | I do n't do much scoring nowadays . ’ |
29 | 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 . |
30 | ‘ I do n't think much of T.S . |