Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] so [adj] as [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he knew what you were up to and I would lock the door against you if I so much as guessed the half of it . |
| 2 | It was as if I 'd only just found him , except that now I 'd start to wail like a baby if someone so much as knocked my little finger . |
| 3 | She had the feeling he would swallow her whole if she so much as rippled the surface . |
| 4 | " Adrian , " she said in a level voice that surprised her , " if you so much as lay one finger on me , I swear I 'll tear you to pieces . |
| 5 | There will be no jam on your bread today if you so much as lay a finger — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you so much as lay a single finger on me again , Adam Burns , you 'll hit the deck so fast you wo n't know what 's happened to you ! ’ she swore softly , her tawny eyes gleaming as she gazed unseeing across the room . |
| 7 | And the soldiers muttered to one another as they limped and splashed back towards England that the black friars had not only sent the terror , but withdrawn it from them as soon as they turned back , and the devil their master could call it up again in an instant if they so much as looked over their shoulders . |
| 8 | Not so tall and powerfully built that she felt as though she might break if he so much as touched her . |
| 9 | But he had little reason yet to ask for a search warrant and Mr Simpson would go purple in the face and throw every legal book in his considerable library at him if he so much as tried . |
| 10 | I felt naked and horribly vulnerable , like a snail with its shell off ; every nerve was close to the surface ; I thought if anyone so much as touched me , I 'd scream . |
| 11 | However , before I so much as opened my mouth , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) had attacked me . |
| 12 | She read her answer before he so much as opened his mouth . |
| 13 | The snubs and indignities that he received from that quarter have passed into Gaullist lore : when he so much as enquired about the progress of the assembly 's constitutional commission , one of his own former ministers told him it was none of his business . |