Example sentences of "without so [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was another rustle of branches as the buffalo ran off without so much as another snort . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , in their rush they were disinclined to hump mounds of electrical equipment into the west with them , and would now find themselves without so much as a guitar string to their name , were it not for the warm-hearted generosity of the British thrash metal community . |
| 3 | Scarcely pausing for thought , she sat herself down at the keyboard and , without so much as a sheet of music to look at , launched into Rachmaninov 's Second Piano Concerto , blushing deeply to the round of spontaneous applause . |
| 4 | Like other fellow scribblers whose squiggles seriously abuse the very title ‘ shorthand notebook ’ , I have nevertheless been generously given hours , sometimes even days , by sportsmen happy enough to rabbit on without so much as a penny piece being mentioned . |
| 5 | Like other fellow scribblers whose squiggles seriously abuse the very title ‘ shorthand notebook ’ , I have nevertheless been generously given hours , sometimes even days , by sportsmen happy enough to rabbit on without so much as a penny piece being mentioned . |
| 6 | No one imagined that Mr Bush would intervene as abruptly as he did , or that Mr Kaifu would go off to Palm Springs without so much as a by-your-leave to the party barons . |
| 7 | Occasionally , in spite of the long time which has gone by without so much as a cuddle , you have a dreadful day and you just do not feel in the mood . |
| 8 | He had learned to bear their ridicule without so much as a tear , but the names Sweetheart called him when she was really angry could make his body hurt like a bad pain on the inside . |
| 9 | Would you prefer to move to a flat — one without so much as a balcony and with no windowsills — or to concrete your garden over and spend your days watching your neighbours at work ? |
| 10 | Without so much as an order , the line parted , one and two , and flowed on past Fred White without even breaking step . |
| 11 | When I first approached The Smiths in regard to this book , although treated with sympathy from their manager , I was waved aside without so much as an acknowledgement . |
| 12 | I make several trots down the run without so much as a tremble of the float . |
| 13 | without so much as a sign : |
| 14 | Without so much as one cartoon , Valentine offers a brisk introduction to such perennials as the role of introspection , free will , the relation of psychology to physiology and some newer ‘ big questions ’ , such as the role of humanistic psychology and computers in studying behaviour . |
| 15 | ‘ It wo n't take long , ’ he persisted without so much as a hint of apology . |
| 16 | ‘ Me ma went and dropped me there then died without so much as a word . |
| 17 | ‘ Punched the sailor without so much as by th'leave ! |
| 18 | They now fight on a daily basis and invariably without so much as a warning growl . |
| 19 | No one seemed to want to serve me so I walked out and went home without so much as a plectrum ! |
| 20 | Part of my job as a media commentator is to slag off other journalists — it 's what makes it all worthwhile — and I 've put knees into the groins of such eminences as Alastair Burnet , Peter Sissons and Donald Trelford , without so much as a raised eyebrow in Kingsland or City roads . |
| 21 | Hitched no more to the hay-bale and wagon-wheel trappings long associated with country , and without so much as a yee-ha , these performers are selling albums by the million and crooning all the way to the bank . |
| 22 | Not only did he tell me all the train times I needed to know ( without so much as a sigh ) , he also found out how I might get from Elstree station to the BBC studios . |
| 23 | It came as a blow to her that her eldest sister , Audrey , and brother , Max , had sold off many of their mother 's belongings without so much as a by-your-leave . |
| 24 | She reached out and caught it without so much as wobbling . |
| 25 | MARKETING MOVES aside , the fact that Radiohead have barred themselves from the 3,000-sales-and-you're-a-star indie party by signing to EMI means that , as stunning as ‘ Creep ’ sounds , it 'll probably chart at about Number 74 , hang around for a couple of weeks and fall back out again without so much as a whimper . |
| 26 | The Stereos are a showband , idiot joy notwithstanding , they turn the grubby and inauspicious Marquee into the Harlem Apollo within minutes , fanning the fire limit into a regular blaze without so much as an ‘ everybody in the house say ‘ Ho ! ’ ’ |
| 27 | What do you think you 're doing coming in here without so much as by your leave ? ’ |
| 28 | She brought from under her shawl an untidy sheaf of documents and handed them to Emily without so much as bobbing a polite curtsy . |
| 29 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
| 30 | No , the idea is to open it without so much as a nun 's fart . |