Example sentences of "not so [det] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need not so much as move a company across the Glen to fetch them down . |
| 2 | In this context , regulations were , in the main , perceived not so much as serving the public interest but as representing ‘ capture ’ of the economic system by specific groups serving their own self-interest , reducing economic welfare and inhibiting economic development . |
| 3 | I did not so much as flick a duster around the papers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ If Daniel knocked on that door now , dying with the cold , I 'd not so much as cross the room . ’ |