Example sentences of "do [adv] [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 | Economists said trade figures did not yet reflect much of the yen 's recent rise against the dollar but the effect of the yen 's rise could figure in the March and April trade figures . |
| 3 | This alternative submission did not however occupy much time in argument before your Lordships . |
| 4 | He made few friends ; he joined few clubs or societies , and after being elected to the college debating society was asked to resign because he never spoke ; he did not even spend much money . |
| 5 | Botham did not even have much luck with the weather during his captaincy . |
| 6 | Without wishing to detract from the impact of the number of dogs put to sleep weekly by the RSPCA , it must be realised that this number would be much higher if vets themselves did not also spend much of their time carrying out euthanasia . |
| 7 | Locking up formes did not really require much physical effort either , nor , once you had been shown how to do it , very much skill . |
| 8 | Perhaps many other abbots had also been monks of the houses they eventually ruled , and Cnut did not always take much interest in their selection . |
| 9 | Such an approach brings into consideration a number of issues which do not generally receive much attention in the formal linguist 's description of sentential syntax and semantics . |
| 10 | We do not yet know much about this but the brain is so powerful and complex that it is very unlikely that any of the analyses proposed so far bear much resemblance to this reality ; they are too heavily influenced by the theoretician 's preoccupation with economy , elegance and simplicity . |
| 11 | However , if biographies of artists are carefully examined , it will be found that they do not necessarily contain much art criticism at all ; a biographer may prefer not to express personal views about the artist 's work ; a book 's main thrust may be to describe the artist 's own aims and ideas . |
| 12 | Origins are certainly often interesting , but they do not necessarily have much to do with the present functioning and meaning of things . |
| 13 | On the party front , programmes are often vague , do not always offer much choice , and in crucial policy areas are not adequately implemented . |
| 14 | These essays are not illustrated , although they often describe sites and buildings , are set in small grey type , and do not always bear much relation to the objects illustrated — it is to be wondered if all the essayists were consulted about , or shown , the selection for the exhibition . |
| 15 | It would not be difficult to conduct an informal interview with almost anyone , asking them for criticisms of the national health service , the police or the railways , all three of which confer great benefit on the population , for which they do not always receive much credit . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I mean … they did n't really stand much of a chance , did they , sir ? ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Norman did n't really know much about them . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't really take much notice of him . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | It was always like this these days — two colleagues who respected each other but did n't really have much to say . |
| 25 | In this case , however , she did n't really have much choice , and the realisation rankled . |
| 26 | I did n't really have much idea of what was going on at all . |
| 27 | Although Christopher did n't really see much of them did he ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | We did n't actually have much play mobile when I , when I went and looked . |