Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] be [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I believe everybody should be given this opportunity , whether they take it or not is up to them .
2 It does not ratify the Maastricht Treaty and any political discussion about whether it should or not is out of order .
3 It is in fact a very good example of attempting to ape industrial and commercial practice which is either not appropriate or indeed is out of date even in its own context .
4 moment and so is out of our catchment area .
5 Indeed , the two M boys themselves were not totally happy at first at having these initially undisciplined children visiting their home and generally being around on a regular basis .
6 Progress should be slow and cautious , and not be out of step with Britain 's other major foreign policy concerns , the Commonwealth and the United States .
7 Yeah but just phone up and just be on for more , more than a minute , you know , would n't be so bad but you start hanging about .
8 GOSPEL singer Michael Card will play the Assembly Hall in Belfast tonight — and still be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow to dash up the Antrim Coast for the North West 200 .
9 A resident at the C.I.C. hut could easily do a spot of rock-climbing , nip into Fort William to indulge in some leisurely shopping for tartan gonks and still be back in time for a sing-song round the primus stove .
10 He could step out into the ante-room , smoke a cigar , even take a walk around the block , and still be back in plenty of time to escort la Principessa safely through the crowd and out the door .
11 The analysis is crazy , the reason why we have a public deficit is because three million people and more are out of work and paying no tax .
12 I should have been in Ken Hurren 's office and now be back in my own , absorbed once again in assessing the department 's performance , noting perhaps the promptness with which I myself had channelled work to the appropriate division .
13 At Bourn it was the custom to do three night duties in a row and then be off to Cambridge the next day without bothering to go to bed .
14 The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days .
15 Erm I I 'm speaking from recollection sir at having looked into this in the context of planning appeal which is now a little while ago , but it did strike me at the time that er there was a definite feeling that the agricultural issue was very strong protection of ag agricultural land throughout was a strong issue up to er the mid nineteen eighties and certainly was up to the time in late seventy nine early nineteen eighty and er therefore there was a feeling that Policy E three simply er was supplementary to those other policies .
16 yeah he looked a bit bad but if you 're off for one you might as well be off for two ai n't ya ?
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