Example sentences of "so we [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , I know , but Con 's not very keen so we wo n't bother . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think , for instance , that I should want my death assumed and my property disposed of too soon , so we wo n't go into that part of the affair just now , if you do n't mind . |
| 3 | But coach Doug Livermore said last night : ‘ We 've missed this week 's transfer deadline now , so we wo n't move on any signings immediately . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I only charged them fifty pence so we wo n't get rich on that , but it 's probably done our reputation a lot of good . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 6 | Right , so we wo n't keep you waiting . |
| 7 | No they think that er by that time there 'll be er alternative sources of energy , I E the sun , the elements , the wind , so we wo n't need as much oil . |
| 8 | ‘ So we wo n't see you at the meet on Tuesday ? ’ |
| 9 | We were only going to be in 24 hours so we would n't bother having a meal we 'd have a slap up on the way out , ’ said Michael . |
| 10 | We were marched out in a crocodile , just like schoolgirls — were n't allowed to go out two-by-two or in threes or fours , but all in a line so we would n't disturb the pedestrians . |
| 11 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 12 | Oh , so we would n't have to pay the postage . |
| 13 | And even as he gave up , as he let himself lean back against the wall , he was holding on , knowing he had backed down and it was over , but doing it gradually so we would n't see the change come over him . |
| 14 | Sometimes this seemed indicated , as when he told the legislature they must beware ‘ When we are freeing ourselves from one form of imperialism [ against those who would ] … bind us to another one which would swiftly undo all the work that has been done in recent years to foster … a free and independent nation ’ ; ‘ As we would not have British masters , so we would not have Russian masters . ’ |
| 15 | If this was n't here we would have to practise for £7 an hour , so we would not have much money at the end of the week . |
| 16 | It has been necessary to look with open eyes so we would not see 1700 as a pastoral idyll or an untroubled world . |
| 17 | He wants to ride in on pop so we ca n't ignore him . |
| 18 | ‘ So we ca n't do that funny round trip in a straight line . ’ |
| 19 | And you have trouble , so we ca n't do that . |
| 20 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |
| 21 | Just as " big-step reductionism " can not work as an explanation of mechanism , and must be replaced by a series of small step-by-step peelings down through the hierarchy , so we ca n't explain a complex thing as originating in a single step . |
| 22 | All right so we ca n't go that way it 's too hot . |
| 23 | And here the manuscript fragment ends , so we ca n't tell how much work lies behind such simple touches as Stepan 's fear that ‘ they ’ will flog him . |
| 24 | ‘ The problem is that half of us think we 're British anyway , so we ca n't complain I guess . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And the police will have spoken to Delia herself by now , so we ca n't expect to find anything new there . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , that makes sense , but if it means takin' the engine out and havin' engineers crawlin' all over the place so we ca n't get on with the job of takin' on stores and equipment — ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So we ca n't get at the marriage certificate , ’ George brooded . |
| 28 | Well do you know what , I forgot to take the chicken out of the fridge last night so we ca n't have dinner so |
| 29 | When I read the recipe it turned out I have to leave it in the fridge over night , so we ca n't have it |
| 30 | The box and pyrotechnics take a long time to set up , so we ca n't rehearse and have to hope it will be all right on the night . |