Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soft-centred milk chocolates that came as one bit them seemed almost as exciting as dancing with someone you knew you were about to sleep with used to be . |
| 2 | In this context , regulations were , in the main , perceived not so much as serving the public interest but as representing ‘ capture ’ of the economic system by specific groups serving their own self-interest , reducing economic welfare and inhibiting economic development . |
| 3 | So he said he did n't care where he went so as much as to say so I thought right then we 'll go to the Regal tonight . |
| 4 | The Commerce Department 's index of leading economic indicators fell twice as much as expected during November . |
| 5 | Aunt Sarah did not so much as lift her head from the rug she was making , but Ruth watched the way the rug hook stabbed the canvas with increased speed and vigour , as if she wanted to hurt it , and Ruth knew that her aunt was as tense as she was herself . |
| 6 | They did not so much as consider that their physical safety could be at risk . |
| 7 | I did not so much as flick a duster around the papers . |
| 8 | As she bustled about the mess , he did n't so much as look at her , which meant she would have to comer him to talk to him . |
| 9 | Isambard had not so much as looked round . |
| 10 | Whereas Gaston had managed to buy a small boat to go fishing , Marius had not so much as managed the purchase of two matching garden chairs . |
| 11 | He had n't so much as asked . |
| 12 | Such a vision had never so much as crossed her mind . |
| 13 | She occasionally did style her hair that way and , since she had never so much as dreamt of meeting Ven when she 'd purchased her black dress , no one could suggest that she had bought it with him in mind . |