Example sentences of "so [pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , as you say , I was n't in the Cabinet so I ca n't really speak with any authority at all about how he conducted affairs there . |
| 2 | Hello , Just how does anyone who 's old enough to remember compare the two I only saw Gary Sprake play twice ( famous so I ca n't really remember how bad he was . |
| 3 | There are tough and dirty jobs for youngsters who are on probation and in non-custodial care , so I would not necessarily accept my hon. Friend 's strictures on that point . |
| 4 | Well , to tell you the truth , I hardly go into Salisbury myself , so I could n't really say what it 's like at close quarters . |
| 5 | Tearing my throat out , so I can not even scream . |
| 6 | She even started making other arrangements so she would n't just end up sitting at home staring at the phone and forcing herself not to ring him and say her plans had changed and she was free after all . |
| 7 | I decide that it does n't much matter as we are never going to talk this girl round to our way of thinking and anyway we are not breaking the law so she ca n't really stop us . |
| 8 | Right , so she could n't actually walk |
| 9 | Dance music changes fast , so you ca n't just stay the same , but the dance music audience has little patience with those who ca n't find a new trick that is just as magical as the old one . |
| 10 | The lack of contouring presents no real disadvantage , though the lack of a ribcage cutaway means that the bass tilts slightly forward from the top , so you ca n't quite see where you are on the fretboard for occasional quick reference . |
| 11 | There 's only half the class so you ca n't really throw many eggs and rotten tomatoes and things can you ? |
| 12 | ‘ So you ca n't possibly do the programme ? ’ |
| 13 | I can , I can tell you that this morning that the pothole is not only there it 's full of water so you ca n't actually see it , but , the point is it 's Doctor Watson 's Lane |
| 14 | I play in all types of weather and very few people play tennis anyway so you ca n't always get a game . |
| 15 | And their eating habits can be unpredictable so you ca n't always guarantee them a healthy diet . |
| 16 | We 've already paid the postage — so you wo n't even need a stamp . |
| 17 | You 've never done it so you wo n't bloody start now , it 's not worth all the hassle , for god sake , you know damn well it 's wrong oh there 's another load next door now , in a white van |
| 18 | It is i i I I we have a wide range of changes that would flow out from that so you could n't just take a change to Cornwall which would then create an oversized Devon seat , I quite accept that and we 've argued from the first that this would have to be part of the review as a whole . |
| 19 | ‘ They have n't been involved for quite a while so you could n't really expect them to be picked , ’ said Thorstvedt , who is likely to be Norway 's last line of defence on October 14 . |
| 20 | So really you can actually avoid not coming into contact with it , but , two years ago , just really everywhere you walked there 'd be someone dealing or whatever , so you could n't really avoid it . |
| 21 | And we have no relatives there , so we can not even travel to West Germany to see uncles and aunts . |
| 22 | The two rows of upholstered seats facing each other were like a pair of matching beds , one for each so they would not again need to share except when they wanted to . |
| 23 | Maybe the boat leaks — we 'll sink , and no one knows we 're here so they wo n't even send out a search party … . |
| 24 | Aymara vowels are different from Spanish ones , so they can not easily distinguish ‘ u ’ from ‘ o ’ , ‘ i ’ from ‘ e ’ . |
| 25 | Sybil had never even set eyes on Rodney so they could n't possibly suspect him of her murder , now could they ? |
| 26 | I was convinced that the grass near the fence was long enough to conceal me , so they could n't possibly have spotted me . |
| 27 | He had to think of her as Miss Crosbie so he would n't again make the mistake that had aroused his mother 's anger when he had spoken of her as Marion . |
| 28 | She turned her head on the pillow , so he could not properly see her face , only the Greuze-like line of her cheek . |
| 29 | This is independent of the distortion circuit , and presumably high impedance , so it would not completely rule out the use of tapes and CDs inputted here so that your hours of lonely practice can be enhanced by accompaniment . |