Example sentences of "even so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not eating nor drinking anything , not even so much as a crumb . |
| 2 | For our part , we appeared to take for granted the Germans ' total ignorance of our presence , for we had no air-raid drill , nor did we have a single air-raid shelter , slit-trench , sandbag blast-wall , nor even so much as a steel helmet — only a large poster which read : |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | But if I dare to retaliate … if even so much as a minute flick of water lands on the Monster 's piggy-pink face … |
| 6 | A local priest was even so bold as to call the system ‘ a home-brew democracy … . |
| 7 | There may even have been a certain temperamental affinity between Baden-Powell 's Scouting philosophy and the restless energies of Hooliganism , and he was even so outrageous as to recommend the Hooligans to the National Defence Association as ‘ the best class of boy ’ : Predictably , his remarks invited the characteristic reversal of the problem , when a member of the National Defence Association asked : |