Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It happened quite slowly , so I did n't stop doing the things I had always done — apart from driving . |
| 2 | I had once won a prize for French poetry composition at school , so I did n't feel too outclassed in this respect . |
| 3 | ‘ I had been rowing with my dad since I was little , so I did n't want to go to his new family with my brother . |
| 4 | Loads of people had let him down over the years , so I did n't want to be one of them . |
| 5 | There was a reception for Charlton afterwards , so I did n't want to keep him . |
| 6 | I think those types of things stick in children 's minds , so I did n't want her there . |
| 7 | All right , so I did n't expect to see him today . |
| 8 | but I realised that big weight losses often happen to very overweight people at the beginning of their diets , so I did n't expect to continue at anything like that pace . |
| 9 | It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me . |
| 10 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |
| 11 | Not urgent , so I did n't think it worth waking you for it . ’ |
| 12 | I spent most of my time with Branwell , so I did n't think very much about the girls . |
| 13 | I was n't expecting you back so I did n't think it would affect you . ’ |
| 14 | The police said he killed himself , but I knew he was afraid to die , so I did n't think that was true . ’ |
| 15 | I arrived home during the night , so I did n't wake Maryann up . |
| 16 | My immediate fear was being banned from going on so I did n't mention the problem . |
| 17 | I thought he looked upset , so I did n't mention the pantomime I had just witnessed and instead offered to make him a cup of tea . |
| 18 | I did n't sleep the night before the exam because of nervous tension , however , so I did n't do very well . |
| 19 | It just was n't worth it , so I did n't bother to apply . |
| 20 | ‘ It has been a bit painful , but I thought it would probably go away if I ignored it , so I did n't bother seeing my own doctor before we sailed . ’ |
| 21 | I had to be carted off to hospital , so I did n't manage to complete the work until the new year . |
| 22 | I had to be carted off to hospital , so I did n't manage to complete the work until the new year . |
| 23 | Finishing the book and having to go back to take photographs specially for it left me a bit jaded , so I did n't go out to the Alps this year . |
| 24 | And I lost all my urge to go to church , because I felt I was doing wrong , so I did n't go , and then I did n't have the strong principles anymore . |
| 25 | She talked about it a little , wondering what had happened to you , feeling it was better not to interfere , so I did n't tell her I 'd found you . |
| 26 | He did n't seem convinced so I did n't tell him that I would n't give odds on his wheels being there in the morning . |
| 27 | ‘ It is n't the first time you 've been there , so I did n't imagine that there 'd be a problem about going there tonight . ’ |
| 28 | Anyway , I put it in the paper , phoned in the paper and they said it 'd be at least a week or fortnight before so I did n't like but it never came out in the paper . |
| 29 | and what we doing now is London , London yesterday and you , you should have been at home today but he had to go back to London again so I did n't keep him very much , given up is it ? |
| 30 | " Surrrrlllyee-noloan ! " might have been the echo 's echo but an extremely-dirty-white-coloured Con-dis-corde melted through the flesh of my left ear lobe on its path to a tasty dish of stewed pound notes , and some of the cooks had chartered it to make sure it got there so I did n't receive the echo 's echo . |