Example sentences of "not so [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she has not been caught either , or not so blatantly that one has had to stop pretending to look the other way . |
| 2 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
| 3 | ‘ Not so far as we know , ’ a man in a flat cap wearing a Hawks Club tie told him . |
| 4 | By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving . |
| 5 | It was of course simple mischance that this rat-tat should happen , even though the kiosk is not so far as I know a particularly busy one . |
| 6 | ‘ Not so far as I know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Not so far as I know . |
| 8 | Not so far as I know . |
| 9 | But he was n't a friend of Hilary 's , not so far as I know . ’ |
| 10 | Not so far as I recollect . ’ |
| 11 | By now they were almost halfway down , the drop not so far as it had been , but it was still a long way and Maggie almost crept to the slight shelter of the rocky bank . |
| 12 | Melissa was on her way in a flash , but not so quickly that she missed the knowing look on Iris 's face . |
| 13 | It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children . |
| 14 | ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men . |
| 15 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 16 | Not so long as we 've got the stuff . |
| 17 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 18 | If you ca n't , you ca n't so easily if you have n't got a better car . |
| 19 | And that is n't so long since they 'd seen her |