Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick made so bold as to ask : ‘ Do you know if they 're coming from Ashford or Headquarters ? ’ |
| 2 | A few of the burlier men put their shoulders to the door , but it was built of ancient oak , heavily reinforced with iron and their combined weights failed so much as to cause the door to tremble on its massive hinges . |
| 3 | Things seemed so much as before . |
| 4 | The station was practically empty of people and Emily felt so alone as she stepped on to the train . |
| 5 | Not even very kind , very polite young men in her year at art school had so much as thawed one tiny corner of her iced-up emotions . |