Example sentences of "then [pron] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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1 | So then you 're up to date , but three in the afternoon you 've got the C B S evening news , 'cos they 're also three hours earlier . |
2 | I know Wavebreaker 's got more electronic toys than a battleship , but if the electricity fails then you 're back to the sextant and the sharp pencil . ’ |
3 | And then you 're back to the three sixty or nought again . |
4 | But then you 're back to the centimetre argument . |
5 | I did n't want the person standing up because then you were back to the body shape , so he had to be sitting down . |
6 | Rain fought back the impulse to grab her bag and check the contents , and then she was through to the Post . |
7 | Yeah , that 's even better , but then we 're on to the forty foots so that 's even better . |
8 | ‘ All right , ’ said Maud , ‘ then we 're off to Miss Hardbroom . |
9 | She treats us to her speciality sad gaze to camera , so we can see that rather society 's collapsing or her piles are hurting , and then we 're off to the next item . |
10 | If the answer to these questions is ‘ yes ’ , then we are back to something rather similar to Durkheim 's adaptive function : today 's criminals are in fact helping to usher in the better society of tomorrow . |
11 | ‘ If the white-only referendum on March 17 does not back President De Klerk 's reforms , then we are back to square one . |
12 | And then we were down to five shillings a week , there was four of us you see , five shillings a week relief . |
13 | And then they 're off to the next one . |
14 | ‘ It is my job to grab the chances and then it is up to Frank to take them . ’ |
15 | ‘ It is very difficult to see that the public can be educated to accept anything less than the fact that if there is a fraud present in an organisation which prevents the financial statements from showing a true and fair view , then it is up to the auditors to find it . ’ |
16 | If he does not , then it is up to him to resign , which avoids any problems with unfair dismissal and allows us to recruit a new chef who will start with a clear idea of his position and responsibilities . |
17 | Then it is up to the manufacturer to prove that there was no negligence , i.e. that all reasonable care was taken . |
18 | If the offer is not acceptable , then it is up to the other party to make a different proposal ( counter-offer ) . |
19 | Then it is back to monthly meetings as the money begins to come in and ideas are put forward for the following year . |
20 | Another airport rally is planned for Denver , Colorado , at 5am and then it is back to his home town of Little Rock , Arkansas , to vote . |
21 | And then it is down to serious show business with the climax on Saturday afternoon when the Expo champion is announced . |
22 | Aluminium , though usefully strong and light , is not very resilient to the resulting shear forces from this situation , so do n't overdo it with the adjustment ; if it shears , then it is down to major surgery to remove it . |
23 | ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’ |
24 | BBC1 have the London Marathon in the morning , starting at 8.55am , then it 's over to ITV in the afternoon for the Rumbelow 's League Cup final between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest , and in the evening BBC2 give more than three hours to the closing stages of the US Masters from Augusta . |
25 | THEN IT 'S OVER TO THE PERFORMER(S) , AND it is here ( at least in the Western Classical music tradition ) , that the point of contract for the great majority of music lovers occurs : not with the original text ( as with paintings , architecture , novels , poetry , often even drama ) , but with the interpreter . |
26 | She 'll be round on Friday afternoon or Saturday some time I said we 'd be here from four o'clock on Friday so I 'll take it down to John 's today then it 's away to work I 've got the rubbish in the bins right ? |
27 | A zero fret sits in front of the large nut , then it 's on to the real love-it-or-loathe-it Höfner feature : the headstock . |
28 | Then it 's on to the weights and rowing apparatus . |
29 | Then it 's on to the state of Massachusetts for today 's destination , Boston . |
30 | And then it 's soups starting at three forty five , five forty five and then it 's on to main course . |