Example sentences of "[verb] so [det] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We fished for several hours without seeing so much as a fin . |
| 2 | It does not arise so much when the doubt lies between ( a ) consent and ( b ) no decision . |
| 3 | If I smell so much as a drop of ale on their breaths , they will answer to the King 's Provost Marshal ! ’ |
| 4 | Listening carefully for any sound that might indicate fitzAlan 's presence , she stretched out a cautious foot , ready to withdraw it immediately if she encountered so much as a hint of him . |
| 5 | No comments whatsoever could be found in the first soundings of reactions ‘ which even provided so much as a hint that some or other people 's comrade was in agreement with the attempted assassination ’ . |
| 6 | And in a game nothing matters so much as the spirit in which it is played . |
| 7 | If we can achieve so much before the demonstration is even held then much more is possible . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Utter so much as a word about last night 's work and you will be clapped in irons , ’ declared Tyrell . |
| 9 | It does n't matter so much if the document is to be a one-off , although it obviously helps fairly significantly if the material can actually be read . |
| 10 | The iron grip Guy had used to subdue her had relaxed into a hold that now cradled rather than constrained , and yet she could n't lift so much as a finger to defend herself , could barely summon the will to press her face harder against the bed in a futile attempt to escape that warm , spine-tingling touch . |
| 11 | However , he concluded : ‘ Having to tackle reductions of this magnitude should not be seen so much as a threat to our way of life but as a challenge and an enormous opportunity for the world 's scientists , engineers and industrialists in both the developed and developing countries . ’ |
| 12 | But in the last TWO years , he 's hardly had so much as a bite here . |
| 13 | All this he did to boys without any compulsion or correction ; nay I never heard him utter so much as a word of austerity among us . ’ |
| 14 | However , before anyone could utter so much as a syllable , the air was rent by the beating sound of an approaching helicopter . |
| 15 | And before she could utter so much as a squeak he clapped his hand over her mouth , swung her into his arms , and they were out of the flat and into his car without so much as a curtain twitching . |
| 16 | Ali returns to the kitchen , still barefoot from his prayers , moving so quietly I ca n't help but believe he 's trying not to disturb so much as the dust beneath his feet . |
| 17 | And if I hear so much as a whisper that you have been broadcasting our private affairs around the country … ’ |
| 18 | The Kefauver report is mentioned in passing but neither the Hubert Humphrey follow-up , nor Morton Mintz 's massive By Prescription Only , nor Rick Carlson 's The End of Medicine get so much as a mention . |
| 19 | ‘ If you think I 'd dream of sharing so much as a blanket with you after that you 're crazy ! ’ |
| 20 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
| 21 | Now the Brentnall Street premises the club 's fourth headquarters do n't have so much as a bike stand . |
| 22 | They 're lucky to get so much as a mouthful . |
| 23 | ‘ When you get really hungry you 'll be sorry you gave so much as a mouthful away . ’ |
| 24 | No commercially-made version gives so much as a hint of its true nature . ) |
| 25 | The attack on a dichotomy of form and content has been persistent in modern criticism ; to change so much as a word , the argument runs , is to change the meaning as well . |
| 26 | Ma Bell is prepared to pay so much because the firm 's chairman , Robert Allen , is convinced that the computer and telecommunications industries are converging . |
| 27 | If what she was doing were n't so important she would never have put so much as a foot inside them . |
| 28 | Completing this task outside the ERM will be more difficult , but it would be a betrayal of those who have sacrificed so much if the task were to be abandoned . |
| 29 | In duels of old , it had n't always been the sword going into the lungs that had killed so much as the drawing of it out . |
| 30 | He is also believed to be embarrassed that one person should be earning so much when the recession and heavy unemployment has badly affected Coventry and the surrounding area . |