Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [conj] [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is little wonder that fundamentalist sects have a field day welcoming in disillusioned people who have been put off Christianity by forms of Anglicanism which offer so little and demand nothing . |
| 2 | With a joy to his flight that evidently surprised and alarmed them he turned and stooped towards them at speed , not to attack them so much as show them that he was a golden eagle and could fly where he pleased . |
| 3 | ‘ If I so much as catch you smiling at another woman — ’ |
| 4 | When Travis seemed in need of another stiff drink , Sebastian served him liberally and , Travis 's tongue more free than it had ever been , he spoke of his love for Rosemary , his wish to marry her , but how because of her sense of propriety she would n't even let him take her out , or so much as mention her name to his family . |
| 5 | It does n't frighten you so much as remind you where you are , " explained a young Barnsley miner . |
| 6 | Sign systems do not name the world so much as order it . |
| 7 | If I so much as see you in this section during the flight … ’ |
| 8 | If you so much as loosen your seatbelt or drop your ash or pick your nose , then it 's an Alcatraz autopsy with the questions asked later . |
| 9 | Shall we turn over this and see what we can find . |
| 10 | The spiny newt of China goes through the same sort of contortions to warn off those that threaten it and adds a special deterrent all its own . |
| 11 | Neither of them is over six foot yet both more than punch their weight . |
| 12 | The journey is a slow one for the tiny fish do little more than allow themselves to be carried by the river current . |
| 13 | He was so close she could feel her own name as much as hear it , and she closed her eyes , gripped by a longing more powerful than anything she 'd ever known before . |
| 14 | And he did far more than help them just to survive . |
| 15 | What Barry says is simply this that suppose we accept the point that authority structures are now necessary , that we could n't have anarchy we have to have |
| 16 | ‘ But the balance sheets that you gave Craig and the fact that the thefts went on while he was in prison , did n't all that prove it was his brother 's fault ? ’ |
| 17 | In any case , I was n't all that steady myself . |
| 18 | But I mean , surely i if there 's not enough to go round then those that need it most should get most ? |
| 19 | It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen . |
| 20 | I think either that or have it on a separate sheet . |
| 21 | office place and give him a bag of plaster and tell him to plaster there for a day either that or send him up |
| 22 | The equanimity of your average tosser of coins depends upon the law , or rather a tendency , or let us say a probability , or at any rate a mathematically calculable chance , which ensures that he will not upset himself by losing too much nor upset his opponent by winning too often . |
| 23 | If you participate in life , you do n't see it clearly : you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much . |
| 24 | If you participate in life , you do n't see it clearly : you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't worry , I wo n't heat the tongs too much and singe your hair off . |