Example sentences of "[adv] much as [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gift shop , a snack bar and a petrol station is not exactly a model , thriving Highland community , and the disquieting feeling that these places now exist only to empty the contents of your wallet if you so much as slow down is not a pleasant one . |
| 2 | Runs back to her lair , if I so much as breathe about the past . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I think Craven Arms , the thing Craven Arms actually want money so much as support . |
| 5 | Other editors might make a slip , but let her so much as spell a name wrong and her telephone would blare , and some outraged lady would correct her with withering sarcasm . |
| 6 | Next day , at the mum-and-toddler group , your gentle , chatty child turns into a little monster : she spitefully destroys another child 's sandcastle , throws a tantrum when she ca n't have the toy she wants , or screams in terror if you so much as walk across the room away from her . |
| 7 | With a joy to his flight that evidently surprised and alarmed them he turned and stooped towards them at speed , not to attack them so much as show them that he was a golden eagle and could fly where he pleased . |
| 8 | His face bore the marks of much , not always peaceful meditation ; the look of it not bland or benevolent so much as close impregnable and hard . |
| 9 | Ruth was shaking , not with fear so much as protest ; she 'd lost control of this situation . |
| 10 | It was near twenty years since he had been here , and he had never , to his knowledge , so much as set eyes on any member of the surviving household . |
| 11 | So much as sift and ripple it |
| 12 | All things considered , however , the film does n't exactly fly so much as hope from one gag to the next , relying on the awe of Brando and affection for the Kellog character to carry it over the many black spots . |
| 13 | All things considered , however , the film does n't exactly fly so much as hope from one gag to the next , relying on the awe of Brando and affection for the Kellog character to carry it over the many black spots . |
| 14 | ‘ If I so much as catch you smiling at another woman — ’ |
| 15 | He did not take his readers back into history so much as bring Thomas Paine , William Hazlitt , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , Sir Walter Scott [ qq.v. ] , and others forward , as if they had suddenly walked in from the street . |
| 16 | The third section ( ‘ Palestine ’ ) does not conclude the novel so much as make explicit the narrative implications of what has happened so far . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The Naked Lunch does not end so much as tail off entropically into verbal fragments . |
| 19 | ‘ If you so much as mention sitting ducks or fish in a barrel , ’ Lambert said acidly , ‘ I 'll kick your teeth in . ’ |
| 20 | When Travis seemed in need of another stiff drink , Sebastian served him liberally and , Travis 's tongue more free than it had ever been , he spoke of his love for Rosemary , his wish to marry her , but how because of her sense of propriety she would n't even let him take her out , or so much as mention her name to his family . |
| 21 | ‘ If you so much as whisper a word about Dame Agatha to the Lady Maeve , you will regret the day I ever plucked you out of Newgate ! ’ |
| 22 | Such an approach does not usually analyse nationalism so much as confirm the claims of the nationalist . |
| 23 | I was terrifically embarrassed , but Karen did not once so much as glance in my direction , and after a while I began to suspect that she had made a mistake too . |
| 24 | It does n't frighten you so much as remind you where you are , " explained a young Barnsley miner . |
| 25 | The skilled reader does not guess so much as eliminate alternatives by the most efficient route . |
| 26 | Sign systems do not name the world so much as order it . |
| 27 | If I so much as see you in this section during the flight … ’ |
| 28 | If you so much as loosen your seatbelt or drop your ash or pick your nose , then it 's an Alcatraz autopsy with the questions asked later . |
| 29 | Fantastic literature ‘ does not introduce novelty , so much as uncover all that needs to remain hidden if the world is to be comfortably ‘ known' ’ … |
| 30 | While a strict Freudian interpretation of the function of dreaming would not necessarily imply that it preserved sanity so much as sleep , the neo-Freudians had developed the notion that during dreams conflicts were resolved , giving dreams a purpose in maintaining psychic equilibrium . |