Example sentences of "so [adv] [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that this is happening so widely does not make it any less unwelcome , and I would like to express my own thanks to staff for their steadfastness and continuing hard work in these conditions .
2 I can hardly force him to kiss his grandmother when he so obviously does n't wish to . ’
3 Impossible to reconcile space suggested by charts and space of room , which is just what I wanted , but for so long did n't know how to arrive at .
4 The plane he so nearly did n't catch crashes , and he is forced into befriending a vaguely familiar-looking German who turns out to be the brother of an old friend …
5 The government had hoped that left wing councils , especially those in the inner cities , would lose their schools , but the evidence so far does not bear this out .
6 The discussion so far does not imply that piecemeal improvements of conservation programmes have not occurred .
7 Proponents of this approach tend to feel that the changes made so far do not go far enough , however , and that excessive consideration for the biological parent-child relationship is still being allowed to put the child 's future at risk .
8 A local study exposure programme arranges visits to deprived areas that so far do not have organised activities .
9 Moreover , as mentioned earlier , the figures presented so far do not include a range of fringe benefits usually the privilege of non-manual employees which have a real income value : among these are luncheon vouchers , company cars , credit facilities ( cheap company loans ) , and so on .
10 Now the people I 've heard speaking so far do n't seem to think so .
11 So now do n't vanish again .
12 Unfortunately , this further emphasises the separateness of old people ( not dissimilar to mothers of young children ) precisely because they so often do not share in this extended range of opportunities and are more dependent on what is locally available .
13 Er for example Claire 's on the er board as you know non Executive Director on er I 've just er become honorary treasurer of the I 'm , not quite sure whether that 's a plus or a minus at this point in time er and also volunteered to be Chairman of an Airport Supporters ' Group so please do n't tell anybody where I live
14 ‘ Really , Mr Lytham , it 's no secret that I am dying , so please do n't feel embarrassed to use the word ‘ death ’ .
15 Remember that you 're going abroad because it 's different so please do n't expect it to be the same as home !
16 Some colleagues are giving me some messages to read out it would n't be appropriate to do so today because colleagues they er forget them , so I 'm gon na do them tomorrow which will be more appropriate so please do n't think that I 've er forgotten them .
17 So please do n't complain , Sharon — the cruel hand of fate affects us all !
18 So please do n't offer alternatives .
19 She is alive and just as attractive as ever , so please do n't lose touch with this thing of beauty that is certainly a joy forever .
20 And then I got onstage wearing this stupid nightshirt and I said , ‘ Oh , I 'll have you know I 'm tripping , so please do n't try to freak me out ’ — so they all started chanting and looking mean .
21 Clare said indignantly , ‘ I really do n't want to discuss it , Gran , but I do n't see why I should put up with my husband 's adulteries just because you did — so please do n't try to force me ! ’
22 Anyway I went to see Foxy at lunchtime and erm and he said that erm er and I mentioned it to him and I said you know do n't go up to Sal and say Jess is feeling like erm you know , feeling that he 's , feeling really jealous because er if , if Sal is trying to get back that will just like please him , you know , if he is trying , if that 's the whole aim of the whole , you know , the operation then , then he 'll just feel pleased and it will also embarrass Jessica and she does n't want and if , and if it 's not , if it was nothing , you know , she 'll feel embarrassed so please do n't say anything and he said no no I 'll just make some subtle , subtle comment and he went up to , he told me that he went up to Sal and he goes erm and he says how 's everything going with Jessica and Sal goes yeah it 's good and , and he go erm cos er Phil erm cos Foxy goes oh cos it 's , it 's going really well with me and Catriona , it 's going really well I 'm really enjoying it , what about you , you know , and Sal goes yeah , it 's really good and Foxy goes erm you know is it , is it a long term thing then , you looking for a long term thing do you think and Sal goes yeah , what about you and Foxy goes yeah yeah definitely yeah , you know , cos he was doing it subtly so I came back and I said to Jess you know really , an and Foxy said there was nothing strange about , it was no f you know it was definitely to fe s f erm Sal was er you know being truthful , there was not like erm yeah well yeah you know and trying to get off the subject , it was n't it was completely , yeah , it 's brilliant , going really well , really enjoying it and it 's gon na be long term sort of thing .
23 We emphasise that the service is managed by Motor Engineers and Assessors independent of the Insurance Company and no reports of these Safety Checks will be referred to your Insurance Company , so please do not refrain from availing of the service because of unfounded fears in this regard .
24 They are always available to discuss any product or service , so please do not hesitate to contact them .
25 Demand is likely to be high from Flower Fairy collectors old and new , so please do not hesitate .
26 So please do not delay returning your application .
27 I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation .
28 Unfortunately , in this case , diagrams of 187 Os/ 188 Os against 1/Os and so on do not help to constrain mixing hypotheses further , presumably because concentrations of Os are affected by its compatible behaviour during magma generation and differentiation processes .
29 And Clara saw that Mrs Hanney 's ignominy was complete , for this programme , the name of which her mother so evidently did not forget , was considered by her mother to be the very lowest form of entertainment available , designed for the exceptionally stupid and depraved .
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