Example sentences of "so [pron] be not " in BNC.
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| 1 | My knowledge of this period of history is rather hazy so I am not going to make an issue of it either way , for the simple reason which I suspect is shared by many of you , that I do n't care . |
| 2 | This is not a book about dieting , so I am not going to go into the subject in great depth . |
| 3 | To me the small group of birds on the sand-spit looked just like little terns , but it is a bird I have never seen in Shetland , so I am not familiar with it . |
| 4 | ‘ But I am acting upon the instructions of a client who chooses to remain anonymous , so I am not at liberty to give you as much information as you might wish . |
| 5 | And I have a job which involves quite a lot of travel so I am not too restricted about where I live . |
| 6 | ‘ Paula 's welfare is paramount so I am not making waves with the Hutchinsons at a traumatic time like this but obviously I 'm extremely anxious , ’ he said . |
| 7 | You just have to convince yourself : ‘ They are doing me good , so I am not going to complain about it . ’ |
| 8 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 9 | They were recorded on ‘ moulded ’ cylinders , not wax , so I was not surprised when the first one gave sensible sounds at the conventional speed . |
| 10 | Well , so I was not Tennyson . |
| 11 | Luckily , he had been well trained , and did not try to bite me , so I was not hurt . |
| 12 | There were other dogs down the years , but the time came when I was on my own , and got a bit low financially , so I was not able to afford one . |
| 13 | ‘ No , I was brought up in Berkhamsted and I spent a couple of years living in Oxfordshire not so long ago , so I 'm not completely inflexible about this . |
| 14 | Major movies are being made all the time in other countries , particularly in Australia and Britain , so I 'm not in any race to get to Hollywood . |
| 15 | ‘ So I 'm not mad . ’ |
| 16 | But Stewart snaps : ‘ I do n't want to be disappointed so I 'm not going to ask for their help . ’ |
| 17 | I mean , they were very good to us so I 'm not complaining . |
| 18 | I am a dog owner myself , so I 'm not anti-dog . |
| 19 | We 've got to learn to concentrate , but these are honest players so I 'm not worried . ’ |
| 20 | So I said , ‘ Well , if that 's the case , I 'm going straight to the President/Prime Minister/ Foreign Secretary/First Lord , etc. , to say So-and-So wo n't do what I ask , so I 'm not prepared to carry on and here 's my resignation . ' ’ |
| 21 | And some of the newcomers have money to throw around , so I 'm not going to prevent them throwing some of it towards the hunt . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got 16 already , ’ he pointed out , ‘ so I 'm not grumbling . ’ |
| 23 | The pocket zips are good quality plastic , so I 'm not sure why the main zip is lightweight metal . |
| 24 | It costs thirteen shillings instead of twelve-and-six for the standard brands , so I 'm not giving it to heathens who spoil its flavour with ice . ’ |
| 25 | The last time I was in Liverpool , my head exploded , so I 'm not going there again ! ’ |
| 26 | And it 's not far , I know , or for long , and the chances of all the hotels in northern France being booked solid are pretty slim , so I 'm not really worrying . |
| 27 | Well I know you 'd love to debate that with me , but we devoted a whole morning to it yesterday so I 'm not going to . |
| 28 | T'was you , surely , who let me have my way then , so I 'm not saying , as I could , that you was wrong and I was right . |
| 29 | But I had to have an excuse to see you , so I 'm not complaining . |
| 30 | I 'm not a good speaker so I 'm not going to bore you by making a long speech . |