Example sentences of "[not/n't] so [adv] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not so fast as I 'd like , ’ she says . |
| 2 | Jerome had done foully , but not so foully as he himself and all here believed . |
| 3 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he said flatly , ‘ we see one among them who does not serve you , Khan , or not so far as we are aware . |
| 4 | ‘ Not so far as we know , ’ a man in a flat cap wearing a Hawks Club tie told him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I wonder if you are using ( in lectures ) a statement I remember you making in talk , but not so far as I can recall , in print . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Not so far as I know . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Not so far as I know . |
| 10 | Not so far as I recollect . ’ |
| 11 | Not so far as I know . |
| 12 | But he was n't a friend of Hilary 's , not so far as I know . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Not so far as I am aware . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Not so often as you , Morse . ’ |
| 16 | It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | Not so long since I was in here myself , but I never dreamed Willis had not quite known what to bring , so he 'd decided on a packet of Whiffs . |
| 19 | It 's not so long since it was in the United States and er I 'm quite shocked really , but I 'm er I mean Manchester did a terrific job really . |
| 20 | Not so long as they handed over the pound notes — though smiling Clyde took most of those , the greedy sod . |
| 21 | Not so long as we 've got the stuff . |
| 22 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Not so long as I am working for you . ’ |
| 24 | The problem is not so much whether you can or ca n't but rather whether you want to . |
| 25 | If you ca n't , you ca n't so easily if you have n't got a better car . |
| 26 | I think part of the thing about stress is n't so much whether it 's a chemical effect , but it 's a having a cigarette is a way of creating a wee break if you 're if you 're busy and as a , that can be really difficult for women to do , actually demand a bit of time for themselves . |
| 27 | And that is n't so long since they 'd seen her |
| 28 | It certainly had n't so far as he , Naseby , was concerned . |