Example sentences of "so we [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.

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31 ‘ It 's open ground to those trees , ’ the captain continued , ‘ so we ca n't risk a crossing until the moon disappears behind some cover .
32 Squirrels , erm so we ca n't see any of those things but we can imagine them , ca n't we ?
33 That 's the problem — each house has to be economically independent after the preliminary conversion , you see , so we ca n't afford nursing staff .
34 Womenwealth is still unfunded so we ca n't respond individually or put out a catalogue to open up the market for our womens ' products .
35 The course ca n't possibly go on after what 's happened today , so we sha n't miss anything .
36 Rob and family are coming for a long weekend , so we sha n't have our usual Christmas Day picnic this year , but we 'd much rather have their company .
37 They were not the illegal so we could n't stop them from delivering them .
38 They was at the gate , so we could n't go in .
39 ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her .
40 I would have to wait until Mum and Dad went out to the pub so we could n't make it to the first .
41 But there were eight in my family , so we could n't afford for me to be a pro — they did n't get paid !
42 Okay , so we could n't afford to compromise the Asmar network with a rescue operation , but there was another reason , too , why we had to leave them where they were .
43 We were facing the front of the truck , so we could n't see the men .
44 We 've asked the people for half past three , they 'll all be here by four , so we need n't sit down to the tea until half past five , and we would n't have got to the cake until your father has the business closed , and is back here . ’
45 on crime reminds me that Bob told me only he does n't , he does n't know how much Bridget knows , so we must n't say anything to her , but he said that there is some possibility that she may get erm , I think April time she may be made what 's called Court Officer
46 We can seat a coachload the driver the courier and two others all at once so we should n't have too much queuing
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