Example sentences of "[pers pn] would n't [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't be so stupid as to pretend to have any idea what Claudia was going through during the hours leading up to the birth . |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't be so sure about that if I were you ! ’ |
| 3 | PS I would n't be so sure about the away win this week-end … |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't be so sure of that , ’ Ruth stated tartly , ‘ They were once lovers , do n't forget . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't be so cheeky , Paddy , ’ he says in a low voice . |
| 6 | I would n't be so lenient next time round . |
| 7 | ‘ If it were n't for your penny-pinching ways I would n't be so eager to spend my time in London . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I would n't be so indiscreet . |
| 9 | Only , I do wish she would n't be so horrid about Dieter . |
| 10 | Not that I 'd wish to encourage you , but if she had children she would n't be so generous to you . |
| 11 | ‘ And yet you must still believe in marriage , ’ she realised , ‘ or you would n't be so disgusted by the way I 'm supposed to have come between Florian and his wife . ’ |
| 12 | If you had stood as I have done for five hours in a draughty ante-room of a courthouse sticking sixpences into one of those things to see how frequently it paid out , you would n't be so keen to chuck your money away , son . |
| 13 | You would n't be so concerned , why is that ? |
| 14 | It was just that people saying things like that reminded me of one of my all-time favourite cartoons where Dr Watson is saying to Sherlock Holmes : ‘ But if you saw the conditions these Moriartys had to live in , you would n't be so quick to judge . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're drunk , ’ said Harvey , ‘ or you would n't be so corny . ’ |
| 16 | Ronni teased him , ‘ Perhaps you would n't be so happy if you 'd lost ? ’ |
| 17 | It 's obvious that Morrissey has a lot to say and if people were n't ready to listen then they would n't be so successful . |
| 18 | If people were n't sure of getting the victim for their money they would n't be so willing to pay up . |
| 19 | He would n't be so stupid . ’ |
| 20 | He deserves it as much as anyone , maybe more , but I wish he would n't be so patronising . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Surely he would n't be so silly ? ’ |
| 22 | It would n't be so easy to melt into the background . |
| 23 | ‘ If we had all followed the path that Czechoslovakia began , avoiding distortions and extremes , I think we would be different , the world would be different , and it would n't be so hard to implement these changes now , ’ Mr Gorbachev said . |
| 24 | If there was just one person I could talk to it would n't be so bad . ’ |
| 25 | It would n't be so bad , somehow , if he was any good at being a solicitor . |
| 26 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 27 | It would n't be so bad , er she 's not a nervous type normally and it 's the only person that 's sort of made her go completely nervous . |
| 28 | If I could be certain of Ember , it would n't be so bad . |
| 29 | It would n't be so bad if he 'd gone off with a beauty , but I 'm damned if I 'll form part of a collection which includes someone bandy . ’ |
| 30 | If she had Léonie with her it would n't be so bad . |