Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd better be off before we quarrel a second time , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , David , we 'd better be off if we 're to be back in time for this afternoon 's session . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd better be out when she comes , ’ he told her , but she did n't want telling twice . |
| 4 | ‘ Then it would obviously be best if I leave you on your own until you 're in a more reasonable mood , ’ he said , walking towards the door . |
| 5 | Pure logic is only a small part of the thinking we habitually do , and can only be so because it is only appropriate for certain limited activities . |
| 6 | In particular , what hours would be applicable to children and should they only be there if they are eating a meal or snack ? |
| 7 | I was telling myself that it would soon be over when I heard a sharp crack . |
| 8 | The suggestion will be coupled with the proposal by the Scottish FA that a player no longer be offside if he is in line with the last defender when the ball is played . |
| 9 | Of course Marguerite would not be here unless she had already found a companion ; Alain would not have allowed it . |
| 10 | ‘ I will not be here when you return from the invasion of France . |
| 11 | My daughter would not be here if it was not for orthodox medicine but I do believe her condition has been improved by homeopathy . ’ |
| 12 | The one thing Katherine had n't bargained for when she executed her well-laid plans was that her brother Leo might not be home when she arrived . |
| 13 | Pam Nelson may not yet be a household name but if this young American progresses in the same manner as previous Pilkington Glass U.21 Champions Steffi Graf , Arantxa Sanchez , Jana Novotna and Manuela Maleeva , then it will not be long before her name appears in the latter stages of the world 's leading tournaments . |
| 14 | It may not be long before her view is upheld . |
| 15 | We played badminton and sang folk songs , but we knew as we wept and prayed with refugees from Czechoslovakia that it would not be long before we were asked to make even the supreme sacrifice to stop , if we could , the Nazi menace . |
| 16 | It will not be long before we 're holding out our begging bowls to the Third World , asking them to help us . |
| 17 | I 'm quite sure that it will not be long before we see that happen . |
| 18 | If they do , it may not be long before we have to pay the price . |
| 19 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 20 | It will not be long before they are obliged to come looking for me . |
| 21 | Hopefully , it will not be long before they return . |
| 22 | This is what these ‘ trivial errors ’ as you call them really signify and if you do not heed them , it will not be long before your father commits an error of major proportions . ’ |
| 23 | I paid the fourpence for two coffees , and after I had seen Clare to her train back home , went to St Andrew 's to make a few notes of plans to defend myself , for I knew it would not be long before I faced a new ‘ trial ’ — by the hospital 's board of governors . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Meehan should have been released immediately , but instead the authorities offered him parole , that is release on licence , which he properly and courageously rejected , knowing it could not be long before he was released unconditionally . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope it will not be long before he returns to the front bench . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I am sure it will not be long until they get their seat back . ’ |
| 29 | They would not be there unless they shared the European ideal and believed themselves to be an integral part of the process of European unity . |
| 30 | er which may or may not be there because we do n't know how much her income is . |