Example sentences of "much as [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been primed by Draper back in the hotel room on who played or produced what , Branson would present himself with a box of tapes and play just one track by each artist ; enough to whet the appetite , but not so much as to test his customer 's patience — or indeed Branson 's own musical knowledge . |
| 2 | Dysart Engineering was one of the success stories of West Midlands industry after the Depression and , as Gordon Dysart 's only son , young Alan was a dozen rungs above the likes of you and me on the ladder of life before he 'd so much as lost his milk teeth . |
| 3 | She had been tortured by his closeness , knowing she could n't so much as touch his hand . |
| 4 | In this cake-and-eat-it arrangement , no one possessor could sell off the estate , yet in Johnson 's view , the landowner should have enough over and above the inheritance to bargain with , should he need to raise cash by sale or mortgage , but never so much as to disinherit his succeeding generations . |
| 5 | Any agent worth his salt knew that promotion under Postelnicu depended upon satisfying the minister 's whims as much as doing his proper job well . |
| 6 | She read her answer before he so much as opened his mouth . |
| 7 | Thus he is able to treat the woman as infinitely desirous of sex , as wanting nothing so much as to satisfy his desires . |