Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's quite possible that people shunned us not so much as a mark of outrage at what we had done , but to avoid the frustration of not being able to satisfy their curiosity about what exactly it was . |
| 2 | Doctor Tinsley , my old medical man , absolutely forbade me to lift any kind of weight , not so much as a shopping basket . ’ |
| 3 | For there grow no Trees , no not so much as a Shrub on St. Kilda ’ . |
| 4 | They had n't been hurt , not so much as a graze on them , yet when the all-clear sounded , they came out of their buildings and stood on their street with blank eyes that seemed to stare inwards . |
| 5 | He gave in that connection some instances from The Rock , which he described not so much as a play as a revue , a word he pronounced in the French manner . |
| 6 | Charles had done all he could to slow down the retreat , issuing orders that ‘ not so much as a cannonball ’ was to be left behind — an instruction literally , and profitably , followed by the Glengarry clan who , when the carts transporting ammunition up Shap Fell , between Kendal and Penrith , broke down , carried it up in their plaids , at sixpence [ 2. 5p ] per cannonball . |
| 7 | ‘ Not so much as a stick of rock . ’ |
| 8 | But by not so much as a flicker of an eyebrow did he betray his emotions . |
| 9 | All next day she called and she hunted , but no trace of her baby could she discover , not so much as a footprint on the sand . |
| 10 | It is come , I know not how , to be taken for granted , by many persons , that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is , now at length , discovered to be fictitious . |
| 11 | I began to see the city , not so much as a cityscape , but as a still life made up of street lights , buses , cars and shop windows . |
| 12 | I BEGAN TO SEE THE CITY , NOT SO MUCH AS A CITYSCAPE , BUT AS A STILL LIFE MADE UP OF STREET LIGHTS . |
| 13 | I began to see the city , not so much as a cityscape , but as a still life made up of street lights , buses , cars and shop windows . |
| 14 | I BEGAN TO SEE THE CITY , NOT SO MUCH AS A CITYSCAPE , BUT AS A STILL LIFE MADE UP OF STREET LIGHTS . |
| 15 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 16 | For large areas there is not so much as a pebble bed to make one stumble in the climb up the column . |
| 17 | Having seen taxis north of Adrar , and then a couple of days ago , a convoy which had not so much as a compass , I had begun to think the desert not so terrible after all . |
| 18 | He presented this assumption not so much as a prediction as a factual observation : " This war has not been settled by the battle of France . |
| 19 | Not so much as a mention . |
| 20 | So the second factor that the Prime Minister overlooked is that the existing chamber in Strasbourg is simply not large enough to accommodate the extra numbers of Euro MPs who will be elected to the European parliament , not so much as a result of the Edinburgh agreement , but in fact as a result of the er enlargement that is in prospect . |
| 21 | Not so much as a sociology essay , or an urban character sketch in London 's Evening Standard . |
| 22 | Ven queried , as well he might , she realised , for she 'd been chatting to him like a veritable magpie all evening with not so much as a hint of shyness . |
| 23 | ‘ Not so much as a titter , ’ Lydia answered her , breathing deeply . |
| 24 | Not so much as a note did you leave for me ! ’ |
| 25 | The new Association is best seen not so much as a pressure group founded to further the professional interests of teachers of English , but rather as a class-based mobilization which drew in not only most professors of English Language and Literature , but also like-minded politicians , administrators , and " men of letters " . |
| 26 | It must have done , Leith realised , for Rosemary was still taking the greatest pains that not so much as a whiff of the fact that she might care for someone else got out . |
| 27 | Warranties ‘ are other obligations which , though they must be performed , are not so vital that a failure to perform them goes to the substance of the contract . ’ |
| 28 | Partly because there is a reward in the form of interest for taking the risk ; partly because the consequences are not so dire when a trip to the building society can quickly put things right . |
| 29 | During the Olympics there was n't so much as a hint of nookie between her and her hunk . |
| 30 | I could fancy her if she was n't so old and a teacher . |