Example sentences of "had [not/n't] so [det] " in BNC.

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1 However , she had little patience with those non-conforming ministers who continually moaned and complained about their losses and dangers , and , ‘ would have no man be a minister that had not so much self denial as to lay down all at the feet of Christ , and count no cost of suffering too dear to serve Him . ’
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 Seen in profile , Nicholas had not so much changed colour as quietly congealed .
5 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 .
6 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 . ’
7 Isambard had not so much as looked round .
8 She did n't like it when Dot slipped in unseen and with Mr Brown gone off to college , she had n't so many people who would listen to her .
9 He had n't so much as asked .
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