Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] [be] so [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Look I do n't want to be so famous that I have to write autographs all over the place , and ca n't travel by bus in case I 'm mobbed .
2 It 's tempting to consider bottle-feeding instead , as babies take longer to digest formula milk , so feeds do n't need to be so frequent .
3 In this supporting role your Orc units do n't need to be so large and there is less need to provide standards or characters .
4 I have a feeling that that is n't going to be so easy . ’
5 This is n't going to be so bad after all .
6 Perhaps things were n't going to be so bad after all .
7 ‘ You do n't have to be so unkind , ’ he complained .
8 You do n't have to be so serious , or part of some recognized youth culture .
9 In an age when much more business is project-oriented when it is increasingly a case of throw it at the wall and see what sticks ( perhaps in the public sector they really wish they did n't have to be so careful with the dosh and could similarly try things out more just to see what might work ) , the role of the chief exec is to empower the team and keep informed of progress ( half a side of A4 and no hyperbole please ) .
10 But you do n't have to be so beastly to him , Pickles .
11 ‘ I truly did n't mean to be so horrible .
12 And yet does n't Shetland does n't seem so difficult to un maybe it 's because we 're Orcadian but Shetland does n't seem to be so difficult to understand for somebody outside than Orcadian is I wonder why ?
13 He could n't continue to be so churlish in the face of Betty 's open-hearted goodwill .
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