Example sentences of "not [be] so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might have worked it out sooner had she not been so prickly lately . ’ |
| 2 | One key issue back in November the Skelton and Brotton Hospital will not be so prominent now the Northern Regional Health Authority has confirmed the site . |
| 3 | If you 've been caught out here please do not be so careless again . |
| 4 | Liam Brady 's choice of more or less the side who lost to Falkirk in the Scottish Cup the previous weekend — Rudi Vata was replaced by Brian O'Neil — was not so much a vote of confidence as a challenge to those players to prove they could not be so bad again . |
| 5 | It had n't been so wet earlier , when Benny had left for her first day at college . |
| 6 | She says that there are many rare species and whilst the damage on the sea surface is very visible , e.g. dead birds , it wo n't be so visible down below , where the real damage will be done . |
| 7 | He wo n't be so shy there . |
| 8 | She decided she could n't be so wrong twice in as many days . |
| 9 | I suppose I could , once Mum 's had her operation — he wo n't be so worried then . |