Example sentences of "[prep] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 31 | When I first approached The Smiths in regard to this book , although treated with sympathy from their manager , I was waved aside without so much as an acknowledgement . |
| 32 | I make several trots down the run without so much as a tremble of the float . |
| 33 | without so much as a sign : |
| 34 | Without so much as one cartoon , Valentine offers a brisk introduction to such perennials as the role of introspection , free will , the relation of psychology to physiology and some newer ‘ big questions ’ , such as the role of humanistic psychology and computers in studying behaviour . |
| 35 | ‘ It wo n't take long , ’ he persisted without so much as a hint of apology . |
| 36 | ‘ Me ma went and dropped me there then died without so much as a word . |
| 37 | ‘ Punched the sailor without so much as by th'leave ! |
| 38 | They now fight on a daily basis and invariably without so much as a warning growl . |
| 39 | No one seemed to want to serve me so I walked out and went home without so much as a plectrum ! |
| 40 | Part of my job as a media commentator is to slag off other journalists — it 's what makes it all worthwhile — and I 've put knees into the groins of such eminences as Alastair Burnet , Peter Sissons and Donald Trelford , without so much as a raised eyebrow in Kingsland or City roads . |
| 41 | Hitched no more to the hay-bale and wagon-wheel trappings long associated with country , and without so much as a yee-ha , these performers are selling albums by the million and crooning all the way to the bank . |
| 42 | Not only did he tell me all the train times I needed to know ( without so much as a sigh ) , he also found out how I might get from Elstree station to the BBC studios . |
| 43 | It came as a blow to her that her eldest sister , Audrey , and brother , Max , had sold off many of their mother 's belongings without so much as a by-your-leave . |
| 44 | She reached out and caught it without so much as wobbling . |
| 45 | MARKETING MOVES aside , the fact that Radiohead have barred themselves from the 3,000-sales-and-you're-a-star indie party by signing to EMI means that , as stunning as ‘ Creep ’ sounds , it 'll probably chart at about Number 74 , hang around for a couple of weeks and fall back out again without so much as a whimper . |
| 46 | The Stereos are a showband , idiot joy notwithstanding , they turn the grubby and inauspicious Marquee into the Harlem Apollo within minutes , fanning the fire limit into a regular blaze without so much as an ‘ everybody in the house say ‘ Ho ! ’ ’ |
| 47 | What do you think you 're doing coming in here without so much as by your leave ? ’ |
| 48 | She brought from under her shawl an untidy sheaf of documents and handed them to Emily without so much as bobbing a polite curtsy . |
| 49 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
| 50 | No , the idea is to open it without so much as a nun 's fart . |
| 51 | Now Stuart , you should know , is rancidly smug about finding his way through London without so much as crossing a bus-route — his driving is all Kilburn cut-throughs and dinky dives along back-streets tumescent with sleeping policemen . |
| 52 | A candidate will be accused of canvassing for votes on another 's territory , or of fighting the election on his own behalf and without so much as a mention of his running-mates or even of his party . |
| 53 | Her cheeks made minute undulations until , without so much as a quiver throughout the rest of her body , she fired a perfectly formed spitball which smacked my lip , swelled , slid down to my mouth . |
| 54 | It was not until she noticed a bill on Todney 's desk , to be authorized by Stephen as complimentary , that she knew his half-brother had checked out of the hotel without so much as saying goodbye to her . |
| 55 | ROS : You march in here without so much as a by your leave and expect me to take very lunatic you try to pass off with a lot of unsubstantiated |
| 56 | And he stops at cafés , for a sit-down with a beer or an apéritif or a coffee , without so much as noticing the prices , or whether it is too near lunchtime . |
| 57 | ‘ Bill Mishkin 's just made New Canaan , Connecticut , March 1 to April 14 , without so much as a single shooting , beating , or naked buttock from one end to the other ! |
| 58 | She came in without so much as a ‘ by your leave ’ or a ‘ with your leave ’ … she pushed her nose into corners , and if she did n't say the place was dirty you could see what she thought right enough . |
| 59 | She could well imagine what was going on in his mind : fickle , impulsive girl who flitted from one man to another without so much as a backward glance . |
| 60 | And before she could utter so much as a squeak he clapped his hand over her mouth , swung her into his arms , and they were out of the flat and into his car without so much as a curtain twitching . |