Example sentences of "[adj] time they [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll be doing more long songs , but this time they 'll be long because there 's more to them , not because they 're jammed out … |
| 2 | Thankfully , this time they 'll be headlining in their own right and given the success of their current single ‘ Do The Right Thing ’ they should be assured of a half-decent crowd . |
| 3 | Maybe this time they 'll be a rather more serious effort in the European elections given that the er potential for influencing the outcome of the next leadership contest also lies in the balance there . |
| 4 | But this time they will be of no avail . |
| 5 | I think by this time they must be dreading the thought of another signal from the Ariadne . |
| 6 | At this time they can be observed rummaging around in search of food . |
| 7 | Over the wall , overlooking Kingsdale , is a tight concentration of potholes , some of great depth , but if Whernside 's summit is to be reached in good time they must be considered out of bounds . |
| 8 | I imagined Perkin threading along that trail at night , following the paint quite easily as he 'd been that way already in daylight , and being secretly pleased with himself because if he had inadvertently left any traces of his passage the first time they could be explained away naturally by the second . |
| 9 | … at the same time they should be getting the children to ask themselves the same questions that the staff are asking about the work . |
| 10 | They would be more effective and useful ; and at the same time they could be employed to reflect a new approach to the balance of education for which I have argued . |
| 11 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 12 | ‘ Career breaks would enable women to choose to take five , six or seven years out to have their families but in that time they would be kept in touch , ’ said Miss Armstrong . |
| 13 | ‘ Unfortunately , by that time they could be HIV positive . |
| 14 | Because they know that next time they 'll be out on their ears . ’ |
| 15 | But next time they will be on to you . |
| 16 | And next time they could be shot in the eye . |