Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it must be nearly dinner time now . |
| 2 | The investigation included soil gas surveys and core drilling , and showed that modern industries were not responsible.The pollution probably derived from an engineering works that was closed some IS years ago . |
| 3 | Well they were n't York stone then were they ? |
| 4 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 5 | It 's only Monday morning too ! |
| 6 | The emphasis is entirely escapist enjoyment rather than self-improvement : books as an alternative to the pressures of life ( work , family , politics , sex and shopping ) . |
| 7 | It 's not victor book there , you can pick it up any time you want . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not lunch time yet , is it ? ’ |
| 9 | It 's not lunch time yet I 've got to sort out all these paperwork in a minute |
| 10 | It 's not supper time yet Digger . |
| 11 | Though the policy has been to raise the price of long-distance season tickets well above the average , for thousands there is still standing room only on the high-speed commute . |
| 12 | Your skin may now be soft and smooth but it 's probably lily white too . |
| 13 | It 's probably news time fairly soon . |
| 14 | The vision of Arthur Guinness had been realised and the foundations laid for the building of the international organisation that is now Guinness Brewing Worldwide . |
| 15 | Just south of it was the Jeanetta Cochrane theatre , where Haynes was working with , amongst others , Charles Marovitz , another exiled American , but , in his case , from New York 's lower east side rather than Louisiana . |
| 16 | In domestic relationships within the household and in relationships between close neighbours , who see one another very frequently , this is how gift exchange usually operates . |
| 17 | That is why Rugby Union nowadays would probably do just as well if the game built a system of scouting such as Rugby League has had for 100 years . |
| 18 | This is where state visitor usually land , and official welcome by President Carter or to her senior US officials . |
| 19 | We know where the problems are , we can actually solve those problems , and I think that 's where parish council actually far closer in touch with the people , because we 're on the ground and there are fifteen of us |
| 20 | The same approach could be taken with regard to the Maastricht Treaty : when it was signed there was already Community legislation on , for example , consumer protection , tourism , energy policy , European networks , health protection , and ( to a limited extent ) education . |
| 21 | It was not Sussex backwardness alone that brought trouble but the collapse of the artificial prosperity across England when the wars ended in 1815 and were followed by a series of disastrous harvests . |
| 22 | This was Home Road School now Cumberland School . |
| 23 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 24 | I was n't chewing gum though , I was eating sweets |
| 25 | Well , so , no it was n't Saturday night then . |