Example sentences of "so much [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In particular , Bede had a direct influence on the Carolingian renaissance of the ninth century through his pupil Egbert , who became Archbishop of York and trained Alcuin , who under Charlemagne founded the Frankish schools that did so much to stimulate learning on the Continent .
2 Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty .
3 Since leaving the train at eleven o'clock that morning , so much had changed in her life that Constance felt dazed .
4 They 're offering a gift , you know … the fact that each one is a piece of work , so much has gone into it that it 's something very special , and I understand that it 's very nerve-wracking for them to offer it , to perform it …
5 I know that it has only been a couple of weeks but my word , it does seem longer , and so much has happened to you , has n't it ?
6 ‘ I know I am only 20 , but some days I feel about 30 so much has happened to me . ’
7 ‘ After all , so much has happened to us both in the last five years , has n't it ?
8 So much has happened since then . ’
9 We have not made any far-reaching contingency plans for after 1997 ; indeed so much has happened in China in the last two years that has shifted the mood from gloom to optimism ; today Hong Kong is a booming economic zone and is regarded as the mediator between the Western and Chinese economies ’ .
10 Oh my darling , I am too happy and excited to be able to write all the things I want to say to you , so much is crowding in , so much has happened in such a short while and I want to pin down some of this marvellous feeling before it all rushes by and becomes more accepted — because , Betty , I do feel that we accept each other , there is a tolerance , a straightness between us that makes it all possible .
11 So much has changed in the life of the farm worker , especially the nature of his work ; yet so much , as we shall see , has remained resistant to change .
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