Example sentences of "have [not/n't] be [adv] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I recall , he had not been initially so preoccupied with the peace treaty when it was drawn up at the end of the Great War , and I think it is fair to say that his interest was prompted not so much by an analysis of the treaty , but by his friendship with Herr Karl-Heinz Bremann . |
| 2 | And on the bus to Victoria she began to wish she had not been quite so rash in offering to visit John . |
| 3 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 4 | In fact , my recent diet had n't been quite so reckless . |
| 5 | Surely he had n't been quite so irritating as a watchkeeping officer in the Lanark ? |
| 6 | And Shelley lay back that night , watching the fan sway round and round above her , and wishing that Rosie 's certainty had n't been quite so fervent . |