Example sentences of "so [pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 now so I ca n't certainly
2 Yes , as you say , I was n't in the Cabinet so I ca n't really speak with any authority at all about how he conducted affairs there .
3 Of course , I did n't see him until some days afterwards , so I ca n't really — ’
4 Hello , Just how does anyone who 's old enough to remember compare the two I only saw Gary Sprake play twice ( famous so I ca n't really remember how bad he was .
5 There are tough and dirty jobs for youngsters who are on probation and in non-custodial care , so I would not necessarily accept my hon. Friend 's strictures on that point .
6 ‘ You forget that my husband 's death has never been proved , so I may not really be a widow , ’ she said , confused .
7 Well , to tell you the truth , I hardly go into Salisbury myself , so I could n't really say what it 's like at close quarters .
8 Tearing my throat out , so I can not even scream .
9 She even started making other arrangements so she would n't just end up sitting at home staring at the phone and forcing herself not to ring him and say her plans had changed and she was free after all .
10 I decide that it does n't much matter as we are never going to talk this girl round to our way of thinking and anyway we are not breaking the law so she ca n't really stop us .
11 Right , so she could n't actually walk
12 Dance music changes fast , so you ca n't just stay the same , but the dance music audience has little patience with those who ca n't find a new trick that is just as magical as the old one .
13 But you see China was different compared to erm places like Russia and wherever and so you ca n't just strictly sort of use the Marxist model and apply it to China and what the Com
14 The lack of contouring presents no real disadvantage , though the lack of a ribcage cutaway means that the bass tilts slightly forward from the top , so you ca n't quite see where you are on the fretboard for occasional quick reference .
15 There 's only half the class so you ca n't really throw many eggs and rotten tomatoes and things can you ?
16 So you ca n't possibly do the programme ? ’
17 I can , I can tell you that this morning that the pothole is not only there it 's full of water so you ca n't actually see it , but , the point is it 's Doctor Watson 's Lane
18 And their eating habits can be unpredictable so you ca n't always guarantee them a healthy diet .
19 I play in all types of weather and very few people play tennis anyway so you ca n't always get a game .
20 is your faculties that know , if there was something that went out it would n't be conscious would it , it 'd be unconscious , so you would n't actually be conscious , you 're conscious is your brain working with your body , working with your mind and everything , it 's , that 's why you 're conscious , when you 're
21 We 've already paid the postage — so you wo n't even need a stamp .
22 You 've never done it so you wo n't bloody start now , it 's not worth all the hassle , for god sake , you know damn well it 's wrong oh there 's another load next door now , in a white van
23 It is i i I I we have a wide range of changes that would flow out from that so you could n't just take a change to Cornwall which would then create an oversized Devon seat , I quite accept that and we 've argued from the first that this would have to be part of the review as a whole .
24 ‘ They have n't been involved for quite a while so you could n't really expect them to be picked , ’ said Thorstvedt , who is likely to be Norway 's last line of defence on October 14 .
25 So really you can actually avoid not coming into contact with it , but , two years ago , just really everywhere you walked there 'd be someone dealing or whatever , so you could n't really avoid it .
26 And we have no relatives there , so we can not even travel to West Germany to see uncles and aunts .
27 Not much — so there ca n't just be a term like black comedy to describe all that . ’
28 The two rows of upholstered seats facing each other were like a pair of matching beds , one for each so they would not again need to share except when they wanted to .
29 Maybe the boat leaks — we 'll sink , and no one knows we 're here so they wo n't even send out a search party … .
30 The Benue Rift deposits are spread out along 600 km , so they can not yet be said to have been adequately characterised , but the technical , stylistic , compositional and lead isotope evidence now points to the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes originating within Nigeria .
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