Example sentences of "so [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His conclusion on behalf of the Liberal Party was that the new Clause was ‘ substantially defective ’ , that if it was limited to ‘ prohibition on promoting homosexuality by teaching or by publishing material I would support it , but it is not , so I shall not support it . ’ |
| 2 | What the letters RAM actually stand for is misleading , so I wo n't mention it . |
| 3 | I believe this situation is self-explanatory , so I wo n't bother you with details ; suffice it to say that the best engineers in Germany have convinced me that the weakest point in this chain is your body . |
| 4 | I 'm not on duty so I wo n't arrest you . |
| 5 | I do n't understand the music so I wo n't say it 's no good but if Rolf Harris can sell a million and so can ‘ Sugar Sugar ’ then there 's obviously a market for that type of thing too . |
| 6 | The withdrawal of privileges is a very popular response by parents to non-compliance — for example : ‘ You 've been cheeky so I wo n't let you go out ’ ; ‘ You disobeyed me by going out on the road so you ca n't have that ice-cream . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ This time , so I wo n't bore you , I 'll show you a variation . ’ |
| 8 | They 're my favourites , so I sha n't give them up . |
| 9 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 10 | once I got to bed and me brain works I thought , oh dear , the family 's coming for lunch on Tuesday so I ca n't do it ! |
| 11 | Yeah , but he 's not in today so I ca n't give it to him . |
| 12 | ‘ George is over four months old and my father has never seen him , so I ca n't tell you what he thinks , ’ he told Hello ! magazine . |
| 13 | I have heard loose talk of people seeing things here by night , but I 've never paid the least attention , so I ca n't tell you what they claim . ’ |
| 14 | PAMELA : Sir , I hope there was no need of your information so I ca n't thank you for it . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've nothing to add except to say that I 'm surprised no one 's tried to squeeze more out of me since and I apologize for the fact that there 's only one chair here so I ca n't ask you to sit down . ’ |
| 16 | Before the Batty sale we supposedly had an overdraft of 6m quid , so I ca n't see us being able to spend 4–5m ( or whatever he 'd cost ) on a new player at the moment . |
| 17 | I even got to the point where I was an approved parliamentary candidate , but I never applied for a seat so I ca n't say I was ever rejected ! ’ |
| 18 | He said that he had a video which he would bring round , but when he arrived he claimed to have lost it and still did n't provide a written description , so I would n't tell him where the dogs were . |
| 19 | Also , I bet Gazza would rather go to Newcastle than anywhere else so I would n't rule them out . |
| 20 | I kept saying my own name so I would n't forget it . |
| 21 | It 's pretty lightweight , most of it and what is n't lightweight is salacious , so I would n't think you 'd find much to stimulate you there , but you could try . |
| 22 | I once attempted to make an oval three or four times as large as the one shown in the facing photograph , but it was an abysmal failure , so I would n't recommend it . |
| 23 | ‘ So I would n't count him out . |
| 24 | They slipped off so I would n't approach her , which I had no intention of doing at all . ’ |
| 25 | But the priest said she could not live till morning , so I could not leave her . ’ |
| 26 | The marriage brought neither of us happiness , especially when my lady wife insisted on hiding in one castle or the other so I could not follow her . ’ |
| 27 | Naturally no one was there and the gate was locked and the top of the fence was rimmed with razor-wire so I could not climb it . |
| 28 | My parents had died when I was a baby , so I could not remember them at all , but quite often I used to visit the churchyard , about a mile from the village , to look at their names on their gravestones . |
| 29 | I got offered a part-time job in a bakery at the weekends , and he said he 'd look after the kids , but he never did , so I could n't do it . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |