Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it'a a short break today , so be back in a minute or you 'll miss it ! |
| 2 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 3 | This can only be down to the ‘ flocculating ’ of suspended particles , which an efficient filter system can then deal with . |
| 4 | Oh yes , er he could er he could still have an hour lunchtime , and er only be out of the office , say , an hour and three quarters . |
| 5 | We were there on 3rd May 1945 when Rangoon was liberated , and that evening I gave a short broadcast over All-India Radio , telling our friends in India and Burma that we should shortly be back in the liberated city to help with the tremendous task of reconstruction . |
| 6 | The smaller town of Souvala , and poor Perdika , have not yet got that far ; but in general Aegina will fairly soon be up to the standards those fussy Germans and English expect . |
| 7 | The Highlands and Islands may soon be off on a spending spree to boost its amenities and infrastructure with European millions . |
| 8 | Having designed the Commodore International Ltd PET Personal Electronic Transactor , and moved on to found Sirius Inc , later Victor Technologies Inc until he was caught out when the world discovered that ‘ runs MS-DOS ’ did n't mean ‘ IBM-compatible ’ , Chuck Peddle hopes that he 'll soon be back with a bang . |
| 9 | Design : Crossed lines over the toytown tram : City transport could soon be back on the right track , says Jonathan Glancey |
| 10 | He never sold his day 's OTC quota , and so his leader would shout : " You 'll soon be back on the fucking training floor . " |
| 11 | Which means that he should soon be back on the road . |
| 12 | Biddlecombe 's new beat is around the horse sales … his year 's of racing expertise is being harnessed at last … and the best news of all is that he may soon be back in the saddle |
| 13 | She would soon be back from the police station and the supermarket with tales to tell , tales of Oriental complexity and splendour , of law and commerce and life on the seething streets . |
| 14 | IF THE truth be known , Ian Woosnam would probably just as soon be down at the Golden Lion in Oswestry tomorrow night , having a pint or two with the lads . |
| 15 | ‘ Now that I 've left the army , I 'll soon be down in the fields with you again , ’ said Troy lightly . |
| 16 | The calculation of Turkey 's president , Turgut Ozal , is that Iraq will not attack Turkey and that Saddam Hussein will soon be out of a job . |
| 17 | The ‘ tendentious ’ story would soon be out of the way , making possible a return to what Dostoevsky thought was much more important , the Life of a Great Sinner project . |
| 18 | The day wanes , and if your words are to be believed then I had best be back in the security of your Rorim before nightfall . ’ |
| 19 | However , the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor . |
| 20 | not , which , one which would not be over in a year and a half . |
| 21 | The change has been a major exercise , and while the civil war may not be over in the eyes of the excise collectors , the next issue of Guinness Today will carry the story of the people behind the massive change to End Product Duty . |
| 22 | We 're young , we have n't got girlfriends , we might not be around in a year 's time so , like , milk the cow while she 's full of milk , really . |
| 23 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
| 24 | He parried the stories of wealth and of smuggling : all town talk , he said , and besides , people in Borrowdale just would not be up to the scheming and deception involved , not the people he knew in Borrowdale and he had been born there — as had his wife — born there — as had their parents |
| 25 | Unlike the present law , it will not be up to the defendant to prove his belief , the burden of proof will rest on the prosecution . |
| 26 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 27 | She told us that the priest would not be back until the afternoon . |
| 28 | She told Martha that she would be going out that evening and would quite likely not be back until the following day . |
| 29 | The two girls would not be back till the following weekend . |
| 30 | To his delight , Davis 's secretary informed him in clipped tones that : ‘ Mr Davis has been called out urgently and will not be back in the office until Friday . ’ |