Example sentences of "it [verb] n't [verb] much " in BNC.

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1 It has n't done much for my temper . ’
2 . No it has n't got any Ohm 's Law , it has n't got much about electricity in that at all .
3 But it do n't do much , does it ?
4 As a matter of fact er as the years went by we got this benevolent fund and we used to give all the old w as a mat we got a pension fund I know it do n't sound much now , but at that time like during and just after the War we paid twelve and sixpence a week pension to all everybody who 'd retired from the union after they 'd done time , and we also gave them extra grants and took them on er you know outings until a time I said , Well we 're spending all this money on outings , we could buy a bungalow at the seaside and let them all go you know pensioners go in their turn free .
5 It did n't leave much time for going out to play , and I resented it a great deal .
6 It did n't make much of a difference .
7 But from a tactical standpoint , it did n't make much sense ’ ( Khrushchev : 1970 , p. 492 ) .
8 Actually , the reports concerned various research grants won by Professor Bamforth and though the reason for the grants was there in black and white , it did n't make much sense to me .
9 It did n't make much of the singular individual draped upon the low bench beneath the window .
10 To be honest it did n't do much to encourage me to live for Jesus and I do n't think it did anything at all for my non-Christian friends .
11 It did n't do much for our top line .
12 It did n't shed much light , but it did give the darkness a shape …
13 Then we 've done our work , I would say that my average of ten company representatives went over , perhaps two would find it was useful , useful fact finding mission , but it did n't achieve much , two would click instantly and have orders while they 're there , and the remainder would over the period of six or nine months later , if they worked at it , gain orders or perhaps , perhaps more importantly agents or distributors to sell their products for them in that country .
14 It did n't need much concentration , and all through the morning I kept getting interrupted by the thought of Oliver standing there not being able to say anything , and then practically shouting what he did .
15 It did n't need much imagination to guess that his presence there had been recreational rather than restitutional !
16 It did n't have much friction , so it was going along there alright .
17 Even if he 'd already identified me as his deadly rival , at that point it did n't have much relevance . ’
18 It did n't instill much confidence .
19 It did n't say much about them .
20 When I go cos when I , it did n't say much , is a , is , he really was n't going ?
21 It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US .
22 It did n't look much of a toy :
23 It did n't look much of a meal .
24 In fact the chronicle succeeds in having its cake and eating it , all the way back to the stir caused by Nicholas Stavrogin 's arrival in ‘ our town ’ , when it is recorded among other things that he seemed to know a lot — ‘ But of course it did n't take much knowledge to astonish us ’ .
25 It was n't much of a joke , but then it did n't take much to make Karen laugh .
26 But it seemed the doctor could persuade Sarah to do anything , for it did n't take much argument to convince her that it was wrong to be ungracious .
27 It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ .
28 It did n't take much to move Dreadnought . "
29 It did n't take much imagination to supply another word in place of ‘ protegée ’ .
30 The exhibition 's open to all , but it did n't take much to persuade Scotland Today 's Patsi MacKenzie to wander along for a preview .
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