Example sentences of "[pers pn] did [adv] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not so much as flick a duster around the papers . |
| 2 | Can we go through erm what we 're going to do this week so I can make a note of it so I 'll know this week , rather than last week when I did n't so I did n't . |
| 3 | I did n't so much take cover in the underbrush , I collided with it . |
| 4 | and , I did n't so much I just thought that it happened to me |
| 5 | The seats , upholstered in dark red leather , held you high above the surface of the road and shed a certain dignity on your journey ; you did not so much travel as process . |
| 6 | And when he finally produced a son in series two , you did n't so much ask ‘ when ? ’ as ‘ how ? ’ |
| 7 | Er but what I become , I thought you might become more confrontational but you did n't so so you dug a hole for yourself that you could 've dug out of you sat in there but I think you handled that quite well , but there are people like me out there who think they know it all and will have a go at you . |
| 8 | We did n't so much run as squelch , slosh and slither up to the marching camp with the electric storm raging about us . |
| 9 | In this case , although people were selective about which bits of the past they emphasized ( concentrating on state-renouncing ) , they did not so much reinterpret the past in the light of their present preoccupations ; rather , they polished an idealized account of rights , with their ancestors as heroes of duty . |
| 10 | They did not so much as consider that their physical safety could be at risk . |
| 11 | Mr Whitney-Long 's evidence on this aspect was unsatisfactory : indeed the weight of his evidence in cross-examination was that they did not so rely in any material way but relied on other matters . |
| 12 | She says she hoped things would improve but they did n't so she tried to start a new life . |
| 13 | They did n't so . |
| 14 | His Lordship would hesitate long before holding that Parliament intended the Home Secretary to have authority either covertly to censor programmes or to require broadcasting authorities to present news programmes otherwise than with due accuracy and impartiality , but he did not so read the power . |
| 15 | He did not so wish . |
| 16 | Unhappily , he did not so often get it right . |
| 17 | That he did not so do indicates he had some other categories in mind as well . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He did n't so Bartholomew kept the purse . ’ |
| 20 | Walsh was switched up front from the centre of defence and manager Brian Little admitted : ‘ I think he did ever so well and I am glad I made the decision . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He did ever so well in that match , which showed he has a terrific attitude . |
| 22 | During the decade , to cautious minds at least , it did not so appear . |
| 23 | It did not so recommend . |
| 24 | It did not so much reach a conclusion as slow down and dribble into silence , as though the players had got bored with the melody and let it slip through their fingers carelessly . |
| 25 | There was no presumption that it did not so intend . |
| 26 | It did not so much contest with the establishment as succeed in areas like the mining districts of Cornwall , Kingswood and around Newcastle , where there was no contest in the sprawling villages which were growing out of the reach of a moribund parish structure . |
| 27 | On top of the books so that it did n't so unless you 've moved it ? |