Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things are not altered so quickly or coarsely by common people as they are by fashionable people … |
| 2 | Plans for the next show , however , are not running so smoothly and Pigott Smith does n't hide his frustration at a system which seems to be hindering his every move . |
| 3 | He 'll have to know who 's coming but as I say , I 'm not bothered so long as Arthur and Angela 's there and and dad . |
| 4 | But managing director Mr Peter Jarvis admitted : ‘ Because of the squeeze on spending , retailing , particularly in the South-east , is not doing so well as we had hoped . ’ |
| 5 | They wanted him to like this house but he did n't , and he was n't saying so just so they 'd feel better . |
| 6 | She was n't going so far as to make protestations of delight in Betty 's company . |