Example sentences of "[adv] so [det] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he just so much as tried to make her budge … |
| 2 | But nobody ever so much as hinted at the possibility that she might return . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It says a great deal for this extraordinary organisation that it can inspire such dedication in children who , prior to joining the Horse Rangers , would never have even so much as patted a horse . |
| 5 | When the big day comes the Doom Diver prepares by strapping on his wings which he makes himself ( no Doom Diver trusts any other Goblin to make his wings and gets very angry if anyone else should even so much as touch them ) . |
| 6 | What is simultaneously acknowledged and denied is that ‘ wholesomeness ’ is not invaded from without so much as corrupted from within . |
| 7 | When Harry Collyer joined Crystal Palace FC ours was a club that had not yet so much as played a 1st Division match in the Southern League . |
| 8 | I do n't anyway , would n't care if I never so much as sniffed it again . |
| 9 | And now , even if you 've never so much as threaded a needle before , you can create beautiful items with the help of the new generation of computerised sewing machines from New Home . |
| 10 | He was invariably escorted by the SS Security Officer , and while the Nazi ogled her , the Dane never so much as looked her way . |
| 11 | Such a vision had never so much as crossed her mind . |
| 12 | She 'd never so much as set foot in a rowing boat ! |
| 13 | I stood leaning on the staff , grinning and throwing an arm in the air as he approached , but he and his companion never so much as looked as they sped back to Adrar . |
| 14 | In this cake-and-eat-it arrangement , no one possessor could sell off the estate , yet in Johnson 's view , the landowner should have enough over and above the inheritance to bargain with , should he need to raise cash by sale or mortgage , but never so much as to disinherit his succeeding generations . |
| 15 | Never so much as mentioned it . |
| 16 | She occasionally did style her hair that way and , since she had never so much as dreamt of meeting Ven when she 'd purchased her black dress , no one could suggest that she had bought it with him in mind . |