Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adv] [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass
2 If you have n't guessed , the last time he was in was in and he does n't trust folk to actually select Parliamentary candidates .
3 Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride .
4 He had grown quite a bit , both upwards and outwards and , as I shook hands with him , I reflected that it would not be long before he won a professional tournament .
5 ‘ I hope it will not be long before he returns to the front bench . ’
6 " But I 've always been there when he 's been arrested .
7 And he had tried to be helpful about the blotter , staring at it with almost painful intensity before saying that he thought that the black markings had n't been there when he had last seen the blotter on Monday evening .
8 Well he wo n't be long unless he sees anybody to talk to .
9 ‘ I knew it would n't be long before he went back to it .
10 It would n't be long before he closed a deal with one or other of the chain stores who had shown an interest in the site .
11 She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door .
12 She had nearly told him she would n't be there when he came for her .
13 So I said no no er he wo n't be there and he said okay .
14 But he could n't invent a love that had never been there and he felt that Lou would be better off without him .
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