Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] so [adj] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her name was Gail Danski , a prim-looking chick , but not so prim when you got her into a dark corner , as he had once discovered when taking her home after a school dance . |
| 2 | I 'm er I 'm pretty clear what 's expected of me but not so certain that I know how to make it sufficiently interesting to achieve your undivided attention . |
| 3 | Apparently it is a big cut , but not so deep that it has done any irrevocable damage , at least that 's the impression I got . |
| 4 | The pain was intense , gripping her with its cruel talons , biting deep , but not so deep that it wiped out the sudden rush of anger she felt at his blind stubbornness . |
| 5 | where branches are silouetted against the colours of the sunset they must be rich and strong enough to help intensify the sense of the light coming through then , but not so rich that they seem to close , or start to compete with the same thing happening in the ripples that form their reflection . |
| 6 | Emotions towards the skipper must be mixed : his runs are obviously needed , but not so many that he presents an unanswerable case for a Test recall . |
| 7 | ‘ So what I think we 've got to do , ’ says Howard , ‘ is to set up a society where everyone has enough sort of … contentment … to be sort of contented , but not so much that they ca n't see that all this sort of contentment is sort of blinding them to the possibility of becoming sort of more contented in a sort of kind of deeper sort of … ’ |
| 8 | There was some smoke there but not so much that he required to use his goggles . |
| 9 | It is important that you do your chosen exercise at a pace that makes you slightly breathless and increases your heart rate , but not so much that you can not maintain the exercise for at least twenty or thirty minutes . |
| 10 | As you pick up the flesh , squeeze it and apply as much pressure as you can tolerate , but not so much that you bruise the area . |
| 11 | She was scared all right , but not so scared that she was going to meekly stand there ! |
| 12 | I thought the Sex stuff was a bit weird but not so weird that I did n't want to get involved with it . |
| 13 | A ring should feel comfortable , not so loose that it slips down your finger but not so tight that it is difficult to remove . |
| 14 | But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee … |
| 15 | The binoculars should be powerful enough for you to see what you want but not so bulky that you find them too heavy and awkward to hold for any length of time . |
| 16 | So when he moved slightly to seek her soft lips with his own , blending predatory male purpose with the tenderness of a child seeking succour , she was lost , allowing him to possess her mouth , welcoming him with parted lips , mindlessly enjoying the sensation of his hands as they bound her to him , but not so hard that she could n't feel their trembling . |
| 17 | Breeze was fond of Schumann , but not so fond that she could listen to him now ! |
| 18 | Frau Hoflin , a sensible woman , old-fashioned , but not so old-fashioned that she could n't see the signs of rebellion beginning to germinate , pressed for the safest ‘ revolt ’ she could think of . |
| 19 | But , of course , having hit on the attention-grabbing murder , bizarre but not so bizarre that you risk spluttering giggles instead of riveting attention , you have to account for how your curious event came about . |
| 20 | These two combines were strong enough to focus filmmakers ' creative and entrepreneurial energies , but not so dominant that they crushed out other centres of initiative . |
| 21 | Then there are the film adaptations since 1950 , almost all of them missed opportunities , and the fluctuating fortunes of the plays in the theatre , of which Holroyd provides a compact summary — though not so compact that he does not find room for such items as a musical version of Antony and Cleopatra called Her First Roman , which opened ( and closed ) in Boston in the late Sixties . |