Example sentences of "not [vb infin] so [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skilled reader does not guess so much as eliminate alternatives by the most efficient route . |
| 2 | In Ernest and Elizabeth 's awful old kitchen , which had last had a re-fit in 1926 and in which Cecilia herself would not have so much as peeled a potato , though nothing would have made her say so , Tina was baking a birthday cake for Bienvida . |
| 3 | He was quite outrageous and she knew she should not have so much as smiled , but she found herself laughing with him . |
| 4 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |
| 5 | No , I am afraid , Lord Mayor , that the Conservative Group would not stoop so low as to exploit disability for mere political advantage . |
| 6 | The matron moved towards Elinor 's bed on legs that seemed to be joined to her feet without ankles : she did not walk so much as stomp . |
| 7 | The Naked Lunch does not end so much as tail off entropically into verbal fragments . |
| 8 | I want to be drunk too , so I do n't feel so sober and hated . |