Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not drunk so much as queasy . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not asking so much of you , after all . |
| 3 | I am not doing so badly at all . ’ |
| 4 | Finally the point is reached where our minds are not renewed so much as patched up . |
| 5 | Whilst it might be unusual for , probably unique in fact , for a to thank a , can I reassure all delegates we are not related so rumour has it . |
| 6 | This is where dogs come into their own for they are not hampered so much as the rabbits and the odds are shortened in favour of the dog in every chase . |
| 7 | ‘ The rootzone is protected under the warmth of the polypropylene carpet and , although the grass can be kicked off during play , the roots are not damaged so that it recovers during the growing season . ’ |
| 8 | Things are not altered so quickly or coarsely by common people as they are by fashionable people … |
| 9 | The French , Italian and Austrian Alps have their spectacles , but they are not presented so conveniently for the the idle downhill skier ( or even non-skier ) as the great set-pieces of the Swiss . |
| 10 | We are not told so , but surely we must surmise that the door was shut unobtrusively , and therefore gently , by the shopkeeper . |
| 11 | Things are not going so well over at Castlereagh Park either just at the moment with Ards manager Paul Malone possibly landing himself in trouble with the authorities . |
| 12 | If the box is overfull , then the overdrive seals are having to cope with excessive quantities of oil and are not doing so . |
| 13 | The state assumes that they are not doing so and gives increases on all of the additional pension as if you had never been contracted out . |
| 14 | Fish which respond to herbal treatment are not doing so because they think they should get better . |
| 15 | Young people 's knowledge about the harmful effects of smoking is considerable ; those who take up smoking are not doing so purely out of ignorance . |
| 16 | ‘ Those services which normally refer clients to us are not doing so because the local authority concerned does not have a contract with Roma or are struggling to sort out their assessment procedures , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Hey them flowers are not doing so bad are they ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | No wonder you 're not hearing so good . |
| 20 | And invite you she said well that 's you 're not going so they would n't get in anyway now and |
| 21 | you 're not scoring so many because you 've got your fifteen at the end there . |
| 22 | Now they 're not doing so much that many thousands of pounds , that lot 'em took it some did n't . |
| 23 | " You 're not feeling so poorly then — as you were ? " |
| 24 | You 're not so you 're not feeling so good ? |
| 25 | When you say you 're not feeling so good is it sort of headache-ish feeling |
| 26 | I , produced a list of what 's already inside here , er , these calculate are the files registered , they 're not numbered so they would n't be registered , but they would surely |
| 27 | You 're not working so hard you ca n't blow a couple of bars of ‘ Casey Jones ’ , are you ? ’ |
| 28 | your outside knowledge , use that and then you 're not relying so much on , oh no I 've got more and more formulae to learn , more things . |
| 29 | you 're you 're not concentrating so you need to concentrate a bit on making sure that you finish off like you know somebody 's somebody 's passed to you 're right in front of the goal all you 've got to do is tap it in and you think , Oh anyone could do this which foot should I no problem |
| 30 | I 'm not facing so what are you talking about ? |