Example sentences of "do n't [adv] [vb infin] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | See I do n't really know much about planes to be honest with you . |
| 2 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean … they did n't really stand much of a chance , did they , sir ? ’ |
| 4 | When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern . |
| 5 | I did n't really give much thought to coming to France , and I certainly did n't give much thought to making love with you . |
| 6 | By birth she was a lioness , born under the ruling sign of Leo and proud of it , even if she did n't really set much store by astrology . |
| 7 | Norman did n't really know much about them . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't really take much notice of him . |
| 9 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 10 | It was always like this these days — two colleagues who respected each other but did n't really have much to say . |
| 11 | In this case , however , she did n't really have much choice , and the realisation rankled . |
| 12 | I did n't really have much idea of what was going on at all . |
| 13 | Although Christopher did n't really see much of them did he ? |
| 14 | A good working dog — at least one is essential for any stock farmer but the Hauxwells did n't always have much luck in finding the right one . |
| 15 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 16 | We did n't actually have much play mobile when I , when I went and looked . |
| 17 | When I , I did n't put any extra on mine and I do n't thought oh did tell you I put some in it , he said but yeah but you do n't normally put much in it he |
| 18 | When it comes to disk storage capacity spreadsheets do n't normally take much space . |
| 19 | So sex and the capacity to evolve rapidly is a property of the species , not of an individual erm and consequently once can visualize erm species selection being responsible for it 's evolution , so I do n't actually have much taste for species selection . |
| 20 | You do n't usually make much secret of it , do you ? |
| 21 | Erm we do n't feel you 've got to spend all that raffle prizes , erm because we do n't usually raise much more than sixty to seventy do we on the raffle ? |
| 22 | ‘ Them as do ’ do n't usually get much of a look-in . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're using muscles that do n't usually get much work , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Men do n't usually take much part in these things , ’ she added , more from experience than from cynicism . |
| 25 | Erm , I know your parents do n't really eat much sweet stuff , but do you have , generally have any sweet stuff in the house , really or is it |
| 26 | I do n't really think much has changed in appropriate critical judgements since 1906 , but it is an intriguing example of Schillings in triumphalist mood . |
| 27 | Well it 's very , they are talking about er other issues up to they are talking about the workforce and of the erm the the report from the and er it seems that they do n't really want much to programme forward which I have put for next year very structural maintenance of the and I what the services are actually doing , they have lost council probably say that they are out of control . |
| 28 | But they do n't really get much out of it I suspect if they do n't . |
| 29 | There 's supposed to be a white horse that goes through the square at and er it er supposed to pay this horseman or something but I do n't really ken much about it . |
| 30 | So I do n't really have much conversation with a lot of them . |