Example sentences of "so do [not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a peaceful fish which likes a quiet life , so do not house it with lively fish . |
| 2 | Colour is best added during study ; during lectures you have no time to decide on relative importance , so do not underline anything in pen or pencil . |
| 3 | So do n't treat it as if it 's a harmless filler . |
| 4 | So do n't give it to them . |
| 5 | Remember that scare quotes themselves are simply disclaimers ( " this is n't my word , so do n't blame me for its implications " ) ; they do not solve — or even identify — the problems that the word presents . |
| 6 | Too easily it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy : ‘ We ca n't expect the majority of students to do very well — so do n't blame us for the failures . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So do n't ask me to . ’ |
| 8 | You might like to know that the water alone in this aquarium is going to weigh 400lb ( 182kg ) , without the rocks , gravel and all the glass , so do n't position it on the coffee table . |
| 9 | Aluminium , though usefully strong and light , is not very resilient to the resulting shear forces from this situation , so do n't overdo it with the adjustment ; if it shears , then it is down to major surgery to remove it . |
| 10 | The semiconductor devices are all fairly sensitive to excess heat , so do n't fry them during soldering ! |
| 11 | That performance but not the applicant , so do n't take it to heart as not necessarily . |