Example sentences of "so we [modal v] [adv] [verb] " 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 | Three charges are probably enough for seeing the general trend so we shall now sum up the two partial energies |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Oh , so we would n't have to pay the postage . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It has been necessary to look with open eyes so we would not see 1700 as a pastoral idyll or an untroubled world . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's when some start taking chances , so we would definitely advocate a ‘ P ’ or ‘ R ’ plate . ’ |
| 19 | There 's stll Rocky and Tinkler in the wings , Wallace can play wide on either side and Speed can play in the middle , so we would still have enough cover . |
| 20 | Even if we were to obtain substantial concessions and eliminate all our strategic nuclear weapons , we could not eliminate all theirs , so we would merely leave them with a residual capability which would be overwhelming and a continual menace to ourselves . |
| 21 | I 've told him to offer them anything , so we might just manage for tonight . ’ |
| 22 | He wants to ride in on pop so we ca n't ignore him . |
| 23 | ‘ So we ca n't do that funny round trip in a straight line . ’ |
| 24 | And you have trouble , so we ca n't do that . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | All right so we ca n't go that way it 's too hot . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ The problem is that half of us think we 're British anyway , so we ca n't complain I guess . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And the police will have spoken to Delia herself by now , so we ca n't expect to find anything new there . ’ |