Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] so [adj] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't you dare so much as lay a finger on me . ’ |
| 2 | Er I think that 's wonderful , wonderful work they 've done , er they 're absolutely dedicated , they 've so much as spent all their time in the last four years working here . |
| 3 | Dysart Engineering was one of the success stories of West Midlands industry after the Depression and , as Gordon Dysart 's only son , young Alan was a dozen rungs above the likes of you and me on the ladder of life before he 'd so much as lost his milk teeth . |
| 4 | That is not to say it is the recommended method , once you have started the latch tool method of working ribs it becomes so fast as to make you wonder why you did n't try it before . |
| 5 | Aside from the worthlessness of double negatives , aside from the fact that McGuinness was a far more accomplished safe-breaker than Meehan ( he had earned his nickname Tank because it was said he could penetrate even one of those ) , and aside from the fact that in all the verbiage spilled out by Meehan , Waddell and McGuinness to lawyers , journalists and others for over thirteen years , none of them had so much as hinted at the idea of a quartet , there was not a scrap of worthwhile evidence to support it : it was speculation with a vengeance and extraordinary to find in a report by a judge of his standing . |