Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't give me so much as a glance . |
| 2 | But whatever you do , do n't give him so much as a cough sweet ! ’ |
| 3 | But these that do it they must be bloody experienced at it they could do it so quick as they was doing it . |
| 4 | Leo was probably fun to be with , a great companion , a good friend , she thought , then gave a wry chagrined smile as he turned towards her as though he 'd been aware of her presence all along — and she might have known he would n't do anything so obliging as to walk off . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't keep it so hot as they keep theirs . |
| 6 | The system would resemble nothing so much as the ‘ democratic centralism ’ much beloved of Leninist and Maoist governments . |
| 7 | Leaving behind hi-tech hospitals and computerized records did not bother me so much as leaving behind certain hard-won changes in birth procedures . |
| 8 | Well , he did n't mention Niki , he did n't congratulate him , embrace him , he did n't hand him so much as a crumb . |
| 9 | True , there are the remarkable exceptions : Burt 's quarter century escapade in wholesale duplicity is a real shocker — though it may prove nothing so much as that psychology , or at least intelligence testing , has no claim to scientific respectability . |
| 10 | Well , go on , do n't stop there , I 'm sure the rest is just as fascinating — presumably that , yes , you knew Ryan , but when you flew over to find out why the hell he could n't get something so simple as planning permission you decided to do something about it yourself , and there was gullible little Hilary , all ready and waiting to fall into your arms . |
| 11 | Twomey 's niece had prepared what she considered " a nice meal " for the travellers , but Twomey would not allow anything so unfitting as sharing a High Tea with Sir Dermot . |
| 12 | " I think … if my father discovered about us — I think he would n't punish me so much as my mother . |
| 13 | It does n't frighten you so much as remind you where you are , " explained a young Barnsley miner . |
| 14 | He 'd once thought of asking one of the Venetz sisters out , but they were pretty well inseparable ; a turndown did n't worry him so much as the prospect of being accepted by one and so giving offence to the other . |