Example sentences of "[vb past] n't so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And when he finally produced a son in series two , you did n't so much ask ‘ when ? ’ as ‘ how ? ’ |
| 3 | But she did n't move and she said nothing , and the Maître d'Hôtel did n't so much turn his attention to her as give her the briefest of glances . |
| 4 | They were eight-sided crystals set at regular intervals in the walls and ceiling , and they shed a rather unpleasant glow that did n't so much illuminate as outline the darkness . |
| 5 | I did n't so much take cover in the underbrush , I collided with it . |
| 6 | ‘ Bosnia did n't so much change me , more my priorities . |
| 7 | When she 'd first moved in she had n't cared about anything , certainly not her surroundings — they had been the least of her problems — and if the villagers had n't so kindly donated her furnishings she 'd probably still be existing in empty rooms . |
| 8 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 9 | It certainly had n't so far as he , Naseby , was concerned . |