Example sentences of "n't much [noun sg] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | He had n't much chance of catching Caspar , not at the rate the dog was going . |
2 | ‘ There was n't much scope for doing very much that year … . |
3 | There was n't much point in throwing away |
4 | ‘ There is n't much point in trying to grow a belt of trees across the desert , ’ Camilla Toulmin , the head of IIED 's Drylands Programme , told the author . |
5 | But I 'm beginning to see that there is n't much point in trying to hold on to something that does n't belong to me . |
6 | In our bed-sitter we used to talk about my cases , the funny things that happened on my rounds , but now , I thought helplessly , there was n't much point in telling her that AC2 Phillips was on jankers again , that vector triangles were the very devil , that Don McGregor thought he had discovered the secret of Sergeant Hynd 's phenomenally shiny boots . |
7 | You will appreciate there is n't much point in training a bird to do this if every time you enter a different environment or a stranger comes into view it becomes hysterical . |
8 | There was n't much point in calling in at the shop , so I came straight here . ’ |
9 | ‘ There was n't much point in sitting down and going over and over again into what went wrong at Coventry . |
10 | There was n't much point in pressing the bell so I fooled around with a small bunch of keys I keep for occasions like this and finally felt the tumblers turn in the lock . |
11 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |
12 | In her Mum and Dad 's house you were so safe there was n't much point in playing — there were so many bits of furniture crammed into the room . |