Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale , predictable . |
| 2 | Aside from the worthlessness of double negatives , aside from the fact that McGuinness was a far more accomplished safe-breaker than Meehan ( he had earned his nickname Tank because it was said he could penetrate even one of those ) , and aside from the fact that in all the verbiage spilled out by Meehan , Waddell and McGuinness to lawyers , journalists and others for over thirteen years , none of them had so much as hinted at the idea of a quartet , there was not a scrap of worthwhile evidence to support it : it was speculation with a vengeance and extraordinary to find in a report by a judge of his standing . |
| 3 | But nobody ever so much as hinted at the possibility that she might return . |
| 4 | As she bustled about the mess , he did n't so much as look at her , which meant she would have to comer him to talk to him . |
| 5 | I may not so much as glance at all those handsome courtiers ! ’ |
| 6 | That 's going to be hell on earth if you keep dissolving into a mushy heap every time he so much as looks at you . ’ |
| 7 | Anyone who so much as hints at a ‘ third way ’ between communism and capitalism is considered naive ; there is simply no time to try more experiments . |
| 8 | His mouth , so hard and demanding at first , was softening , moving slowly over hers . |
| 9 | A man who is so abnormal as to weep at the death of his wife is said to be behaving illogically . |
| 10 | How could he be so offensive as to stare at the chap 's disfigured face , he wondered . |