Example sentences of "have [vb pp] much [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridge lengths vary from three to four rigs on the Leine to an average ten rigs on the Weser and really , given the practised excellence of the crews , this last thirty-one-rig bridge of Exercise Neptune 's Gallop 1989 should not have aroused much emotion , but it did made the thirtieth of June a little bit different . |
| 2 | No , but even if the paper had been offset , its personnel would probably have prevented much frivolity . |
| 3 | If it 's any comfort to you , he would n't have suffered much pain . |
| 4 | I would have saved much time and pain if I had paid more attention to how I was racing . |
| 5 | Some letters , however , suggest that Leapor was rather dilatory , and may not have done much work in the winter . |
| 6 | Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink . |
| 7 | ‘ No , not that it would have made much sense if they had — I 'm not a particular ace when it comes to car engines . ’ |
| 8 | Hence the major cause of unemployment lies outside the government 's responsibility and a Labour government would not have made much difference . |
| 9 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 10 | But if they get it wrong they have the consolation that , for all the recriminations , it probably wo n't have made much difference to the outcome of the election . |
| 11 | Without Bully , her Red Riding Hood character would not have made much impression , but with the black-faced wolf-like dog following her she won loud applause . |
| 12 | Surely there 'd been too little time , but then her father would n't have needed much time , would he ? |
| 13 | I hoped the white men were n't telling him to eliminate all witnesses because I do n't believe it would have needed much persuasion . |
| 14 | Only very partisan supporters could have gleaned much pleasure from this match . |
| 15 | But she did n't see that she would have had much choice . |
| 16 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 17 | It is a conclusion about an almost psychiatric effect ( and comfort ) offered by serious drama which Aristotle would have had much sympathy with . |
| 18 | George was probably already working in Pocklington , walking into work each day , for a saddler would not have had much employment in the small village where he lived . |
| 19 | In the face of this major obstacle , the miscellany of other decrees — no archdeaconries to be farmed out , no priests to attend drinking-parties , no benefices to be sold , no monks to be godfathers , male hair-cuts to leave ears visible , sodomites to be excommunicated , etc. — could not have had much attention paid to them . |
| 20 | A report on the unsatisfactory nature of the examinations at the Edinburgh School a little later suggests that Coleman may have had much right on his side . |
| 21 | If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance . |
| 22 | I do n't think that its readers can have had much trouble in finding in the life and work the responsiveness Ackroyd finds in them . |
| 23 | It may have brought much comfort ( or much discomfort ! ) , it may have been continuing or a once only meeting but nevertheless was important in that another Christian was alongside to listen and share in such a way that you travelled on encouraged . |
| 24 | When the Dutch troops landed and passed through Wells , Ken wrote to James to say that he had withdrawn from his palace , taking his carriage horses lest they be commandeered ; indeed his previous service at William 's court would have caused much embarrassment if he had remained to meet him . |
| 25 | In Jarrow , Stockton-on-Tees and other industrial towns it seems unlikely that the prospect of acquiring wealth and property would have exerted much influence upon working-class families struggling for survival . |
| 26 | If I 'd thought , you could have stayed with them , but I do n't suppose you 'd have learned much French . ’ |
| 27 | It preserves a beauty spot for us all to enjoy , and they would n't have dug much coal out anyway . |
| 28 | The victim might have been a crow , a jackdaw , a pigeon , even a pheasant , but it would n't have stood much chance against the peregrine 's talons . |
| 29 | The sites now considered to illustrate undefended settlements have been chosen at random since it would have required much research and fieldwork to have presented a comprehensive list in time for this Conference ; attention is merely drawn to a number of sites with the hope that they , and others like them may be studied in more detail by local efforts . |
| 30 | I admit I might not have paid much attention to an anonymous delivery girl , but they do n't normally bolt when they see me , which attracted my attention . |