Example sentences of "give me [adv] much " in BNC.

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1 He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’
2 My wife , Jane , and close friends were all at Manchester Airport to meet me on my return from France and waiting at home were my mother , more friends , half of Sheffield United FC and Willie Thorne , whose friendship has given me so much confidence .
3 ‘ The Liverpool club has given me so much , including in private ways , ’ he said .
4 And telling you about Peter 's gambling has given me so much more strength .
5 She has given me so much happiness .
6 Stu , I mean I live in Glasgow , the chances of me leaving Glasgow are pro , pre pretty slim but yeah , I certainly do n't want to stay in Scotland because of any loyalty , that I do n't think it 's given me very much other than a lot of experience , a lot of struggle , a lot of opportunities to stand alongside working class people and fight against , you know , the injustices .
7 He did n't give me so much as a glance .
8 ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’
9 it 'll benefit all of us if you give me as much assistance as you possibly can .
10 Give me that much hope , Topaz . "
11 I hope you 're not going to give me as much trouble as Puck gave to the lovers in the play , ’ Lucenzo murmured , a sliver of steel-tipped menace in his tone .
12 And I honestly think that if you are going to give me that much , it 's probably easier for you to do it once a month . ’
13 I am just lucky that my fish have survived and have flourished to give me so much pleasure .
14 They are giving me so much discomfort now , I can hardly listen to these gentlemen . ’
15 Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence .
16 ‘ Thank you for giving me so much help . ’
17 That bicycle gave me so much joy for many years .
18 ‘ He gave me so much — quite apart from sexual fulfilment , which was part of it , and a very exciting and wonderful part because he taught me so much about sex . ’
19 Mandy and Debby looked the part all right , they looked tough enough for this , particularly Debby , who gave me so much eye-contact and hand-on-knee and dressing-gown disclosure that I almost asked for her telephone number .
20 It gave me so much joy … ’
21 ‘ You gave me so much , ’ Maggie whispered .
22 ‘ Cricket gave me so much that I want to put something back into the game and teaching the youngsters how to play is a rewarding way of doing it .
23 And yes , that fireplace gave me as much pleasure always as I had imagined it would on first sight .
24 ‘ I wish my dreams gave me as much pleasure . ’
25 I imagine that many honest people would sympathise with Weatherhead and happily echo his final paragraph : ‘ All this gives me as much as I need , and seems to me the essential credo of Christianity .
26 Poring over a world atlas or 1:50,000 sheet gives me as much pleasure as actually visiting the places I dream about .
27 ‘ A part of myself … which gives me so much pain ’
28 But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’
29 It 's going to be very strange , but I love all that because it gives me so much more of a challenge .
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