Example sentences of "have [adv] so [adj] as " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 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 .
2 Having seen taxis north of Adrar , and then a couple of days ago , a convoy which had not so much as a compass , I had begun to think the desert not so terrible after all .
3 Many now happily experienced that Christian fellowship of which they had not so much as an idea before .
4 Whereas Gaston had managed to buy a small boat to go fishing , Marius had not so much as managed the purchase of two matching garden chairs .
5 Leith saw Travis give her a warning look , but , since Rosemary 's name had not so much as been mentioned , much less the name of the place she came from , she saw no harm in revealing , ‘ My parents live in Dorset . ’
6 Isambard had not so much as looked round .
7 He had n't so much as asked .
8 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 .
9 Such a vision had never so much as crossed her mind .
10 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 .
11 He has obligations not merely to the students who come to him to read for a degree , but still more towards the teeming population outside the University walls , most of whom have not so much as " heard whether there be any Holy Ghost " .
12 ‘ I have n't so much as been outside the square , yet , ’ she said , longingly .
  Next page