Example sentences of "[verb] n't [be] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Turkish forces , let's be clear about this , have used napalm against Kurdish villages inside the ‘ safe haven ’ which the rapidstrike force is supposedly on permanent red-alert to protect — yet there has n't been so much as a cheep from any of the elements who cheered the US-led forces into the Gulf War on the basis that regimes which defy international law and slaughter innocent people must be confronted , no matter what the cost . |
| 2 | We 're a bit understocked anyway — business has n't been so good since the trouble started . ’ |
| 3 | It , it has n't been so far because I 'm left right behind a background . |
| 4 | Well the atmosphere is very bad indeed in Belfast because er we had this before of course twenty years ago we had various bad situations but it has n't been so bad in recent years , but this last fortnight , er we 've had U V F killings , then we had this terrible bomb by the I R A killing the protestants in the Shankhill Road . |
| 5 | ‘ Th'should n't be so meek ! ’ |
| 6 | Do n't be so selfish , Andrew . |
| 7 | ‘ It just needed somebody to say : ‘ Do n't be so humble . |
| 8 | Wright told him : ‘ Do n't be so silly ; it 's immaterial . ’ |
| 9 | Wright told him : ‘ Do n't be so silly ; it 's immaterial . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't be so daft , ’ she told herself , in her severe , self-mocking voice . |
| 11 | There was Bella , her body a crumpled heap on the floor , with injuries that Marie could not bear to visualize : ‘ Do n't be so daft ! ’ said Marie viciously to herself . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't be so soft ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't be so daft ! |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't be so flamin' cheeky , ’ said Otley , ‘ we 've been all over the place looking for you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't be so damn selfish , woman . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't be so fucking patronising , ’ she said , turning her back on me to continue a conversation with Geraldine Porter . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't be so silly , ’ came back the answer on the crest of a belch . |
| 18 | I told him that , of course , he did n't , Peter Pan never grew up , do n't be so silly . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't be so clever , ’ Maggie admonished him . |
| 20 | Do n't be so severe with me , Gildas , I 'm under an awful strain , I think something terrible is going to be required of me . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't be so coy . ’ |
| 22 | On ‘ Do n't Be So Hard ’ he appears to be empathising with a woman who is overpowered and made to feel insignificant by her partner : ‘ At home , she tells him little lies , like onions always make her cry . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't be so silly , girl ! |
| 24 | ‘ Oh for Christ 's sake , Birkett , ’ he said ‘ do n't be so bloody uncivilized . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't be so bloody daft , ’ Yanto replied , ‘ What do you take me for , a peasant ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ For Christ 's sake Bill , do n't be so bloody daft , ’ said Yanto angrily . |
| 27 | It is worth noting , as an aside , that though this may seem obvious , one has only to observe parents with children , or to catch oneself as a parent saying ‘ Do n't be so childish ! ’ to one 's three-year-old , to realize that the reminder remains necessary . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't be so sure . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , chérie , do n't be so hard on her ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , come on , do n't be so disapproving . |