Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been brought up to think that it 's not nice and not polite to do so . |
| 2 | " From what I 've seen of her , she 's a strong-willed independent young woman , who knows what she wants , and is not afraid to say so . |
| 3 | Vagrants were always discouraged , and those who were able to work , but were not willing to do so , could be sent to a local House of Correction . |
| 4 | and my heart went some where else and I think erm , the , the marriage erm , the love in my marriage was definitely killed by an act which my partner did and I would fall into the crimes of passion I think because I mean to , to me he committed the deadly sin of all and that was adultery and I could never forgive him for that and I think that picks up on a lot , many issues which have been raised tonight about you have to have trust in a partnership , you have to give and take and people change and some people can accept all that but I was not willing to do so . |
| 5 | Those who are not prepared to do so may find that their promotion 's blocked or they 're shunted into a backwater — one experienced insurance broker of my acquaintance , for instance , was offered a job in the stationery department ! |
| 6 | Truman was not prepared to do so as yet , despite the fact that in general he fully supported Acheson . |
| 7 | The result of the survey was ‘ a remarkably even split between managers who were prepared to help and lend to the proprietors and those who were not prepared to do so ’ . |
| 8 | In fact , 50 per cent of those 30 managers would have lent money to the business on the proposals which were presented , but the other 50 per cent of bank managers were not prepared to do so . |
| 9 | The Americans did not want Britain to acquire weapons of her own , and , though they were not prepared to say so publicly , they were determined to make acquisition as difficult and expensive as possible . |
| 10 | It is absolutely clear that many Labour Members want taxes to be raised but are not prepared to say so . |
| 11 | If he had guessed that she had prior knowledge , he was not prepared to say so . |
| 12 | Do not , however , suppose that I am quite idle , though happily for my health it is not requisite to apply so closely as formerly was the case . |
| 13 | If so , and if we can measure it ( though it is not easy to do so ) , that again tells us something about their welfare . |
| 14 | It was not easy to do so . |
| 15 | I have already written about the geographical distribution of fossils ( especially Mesozoic brachiopods ) at nauseating length , so it is not appropriate to do so again . |
| 16 | Moreover , the UK and the USA have not ratified the protocol , mainly because of objections on other matters , and they are not likely to do so in the near future . |
| 17 | So I expanded to thirty percent on the , they had a Metroset in those days , and I said , you know , this is not likely to work so I 'm sending it out getting handset phototype , so I did . |
| 18 | Sean passed Wainfleet his change and then Wainfleet dipped a hand into another pocket as he said : ‘ Sha n't whisper a word , not ethical to do so , but , on the other hand … ’ |
| 19 | Thus it is perfectly grammatical to say ‘ wife and man ’ but not customary to do so . |
| 20 | As you get older you 're not supposed to need so much . |
| 21 | Every mental phenomenon includes something as object within itself , although they do not all do so in the same way . |
| 22 | Overtaking the car in front when it is not safe to do so and then cutting in front . |
| 23 | Pulling out of side roads when it is not safe to do so . |
| 24 | But he was not able to do so until the following year , and when he met the Wordsworths again , at Kendal on 26 October 1806 , they were shocked by his changed appearance . |
| 25 | Although he had planned to start serious work in the autumn of 1946 , he was not able to do so . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman should ask himself why he is so keen to see people who are entitled to vote not able to do so . |
| 27 | Where the information was not available , I was obviously not able to do so . |
| 28 | Many said that they welcomed the opportunity to work , and were not able to do so during the week because there was no one look after their children . |
| 29 | It pretends that the court is able to investigate those reasons in great depth , whereas in practice it is not able to do so , and in any event that investigation is not going to save the marriage . |
| 30 | Those who came included the food-obsessed Jo Brand ( 'I thought it was a ‘ Fork benefit ’ ) ; Marks Thomas and Miwurdz ; Michael Redmond ; The Comedy Store Players ; and Mark Steel ( 'I know it 's not trendy to say so any more but I just hate the police . |