Example sentences of "you [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can see you do n't know much about kids . ’ |
| 2 | Even overpraising does , at times , lead to tantrums as a child decides that your lavish praise means that you did n't expect much of him in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ Hell , Pierre , you did n't waste much time , ’ D'Arcy observed . |
| 4 | No well you did n't miss much anyway . |
| 5 | No you did n't miss much anyway . |
| 6 | Sensuality had disappeared in the Fifties ; except maybe for Elvis , you did n't see much of it . |
| 7 | Connie held that it was a simple matter to forgive your enemies because , if you had the sense you were born with , you did n't see much of them , whereas with the way society was constituted , you spent most of your time with your nearest and dearest , and the things they could do to annoy you made the whole concept of forgiveness extremely difficult to entertain . |
| 8 | but er , er as I say while I was round there the new town was , was all built and er I found , we found such a difference cos I used to have to go into Old Harlow shopping , I used to cycle before I was handicapped like this , I used to cycle everywhere , and er I went , you used to have to queue up in Old Harlow for the shops , we had n't got anything here at all , no Stow or anything when I first , I mean when I came here nothing , it was just terrible terrible lane up here it was and all these were all ploughed fields and it was really terrible and I had erm , I used to have to cycle into the doctors Old Harlow , queue up , queue up at the butchers , queue up everywhere you had to queue and er , till they built this er the new , The Stow then we used to go to The Stow shopping you know which made such a difference , but er , during my say during my lifetime I 've so , so pleased when the new town came because I wanted to move back to Nazeing where I came from when I first got here because it was such a terrible place there was nothing doing whatever , you know and then I moved erm , as I say after I got round the front there it was more , better really , you know , with all the er traffic and that you could see people going by and that as otherwise it , it was monotonous really in Common Fields , you did n't see much at all there , but you know it was , I quite enjoyed it really , now what else have I got to tell you ? |
| 9 | ‘ You said you did n't see much of your family until recently . |
| 10 | Tha , well you did n't see much of it did you ? |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe you did n't have much choice in the matter , but you do have a habit of getting into situations like this , do n't you , Preston ? ’ |
| 12 | You did n't have much choice in , in what you did . |
| 13 | Well you did n't have much after your dinner yesterday did you ? |
| 14 | you said you did n't have much |
| 15 | He turned towards her now , adding , ‘ And you do n't think much of Annie , do you ? |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't think much of us , do you ? ’ |
| 17 | You do n't do much for us , ’ said Sandra . |
| 18 | ‘ So you do n't set much store by the ill feeling around , that evening ? ’ |
| 19 | you do n't want much more than that do you ? |
| 20 | If you do n't expect much from little Tommy then , little Tommy is less and less likely to give you anything much ! |
| 21 | Well between Gemma and the dog you do n't stand much chance do you ? |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't pay much attention to your staff , do you ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't wear much make-up , do you ? ’ looking at her closely . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't show much sign of it , ’ accused Betty . |
| 25 | If you do n't use much water now , the new system may even help you save money |
| 26 | Actually , actually I like to you do n't say much but when you say it it 's nothing . |
| 27 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 28 | You do n't need much skill for that . |
| 29 | But when the heating 's on you do n't need much |
| 30 | Apparently you do n't need much of that green , Fiona . |