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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 HIS WEATHER forecast had been right even if his poll prediction remained unconfirmed .
2 It 's been all right since they 've lived here because so few people come .
3 ‘ They 'd have been all right if they 'd been firewomen — she loves women , ’ he said .
4 ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’
5 It 's been all downhill since he was wrenched from the helm of Private Eye by his homuncular protégé Ian Hislop .
6 Smart-drugs are all right if you can stand the colour and the stench of your piss while you 're doing ‘ em .
7 The male sex drive being what it is , the chances of his being able to stop are less perhaps than she realizes .
8 ‘ And you know that I am only here because I have royal authority ? ’
9 I mean most of them are only there cos there finding it hard with the mortgage .
10 It , it has n't been so far because I 'm left right behind a background .
11 It 's been so ever since I 've known her — she was the eldest , and felt herself a mother to the pair of them .
12 I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep .
13 The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be .
14 It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break .
15 It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once .
16 But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward .
17 So I have been away longer than I said I would be , and Mr Shah is a little surprised at my dereliction .
18 And if he had been away ever since he last turned up in the office , who was dealing with his post , and paying the quarterly bills ?
19 The S A S are already there and there are people that have been shot dead , unarmed people , civilians who 've been shot dead by the S A S.
20 ‘ Or when he left the table on two occasions , ’ Auguste said firmly , remembering Sir Thomas 's absence after the meal , which had been longer surely than it took merely to change his clothes for those of Bill Sikes .
21 BELVILLE : I know , my dear , I left you in great anxiety but 't is an anxiety you have brought upon yourself , and I have not been easy ever since I parted from you .
22 ( 1.65 m ) and you weigh 9 st 11 lb ( 62.1 kg ) , the chart says you are just right provided you have a large frame .
23 I mean we all know it , and we all know there 's a lot on this list which are most unpalatable , and they 're only there because we 've been set the task of reaching a particular sum of money , and er , if we had the choice we 'd be going in the reverse direction , and , and adding .
24 ‘ They 're all right if they 're getting the work out o' you but get sick an' it 's another kettle o' fish . ’
25 You 're all right if you can play a musical instrument one o' these one-string fiddles , Jew 's harp , ham-bone , play the comb , or one o' these sewing-machines ( gesticulates with his hands , pedals with his feet ) ; you can stick up a board in front of you saying ‘ Ex-Service Man ’ , ‘ Hero ’ , put on a row of medals — an' you can go into any of these back streets and nobody 'll stop you .
26 Yeah Ah they 're all right if you want a couple of wallpaper jobs , a couple of rolls is n't it ?
27 Okay that 's fine erm so you 're already even when you 're differentiating
28 They 're always there when you need one , even in the rain or when the theatres are closing .
29 You 're usually here when something happens .
30 But you will let them know that you 're there like and I mean that
  Next page