Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't go so far as to give me her telephone number , but I prudently copied it from the instrument at a point during the interview when she was distracted : when one of Brenda 's children had somehow slipped into the room to find a drum stacked halfway down a pile of similar toys . |
| 2 | I 've heard it repeated on the radio recently and even the Secretary of State did n't go so far as to use the ninety percent figure but was talking about the seriously mentally ill and the not so seriously mentally ill . |
| 3 | you 're five eight you 're five eight , you stand , you st I do n't think same size as my mum I do n't think so somehow cos my mums five eight and my mums erm quite tall |
| 4 | erm but I would say , on the whole , my guess is that there are many girls that perhaps could go into science and could make contributions to science but do n't do so simply because their families do n't understand it and the schools do n't support them . |
| 5 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 6 | The anemones will prefer being planted in full sun , as their flowers do n't open so well when put in a shady position . |
| 7 | They do n't forget so easily where I come from . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't seem so long since his birthdee , do it ? ’ |
| 9 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |