Example sentences of "[conj] sooner [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may need them , but we should also spare a thought for our cats when using them , or sooner or later our pet animals will suffer . |
| 2 | Jack Clarke knew that sooner or later the brothers would show up in London and , as soon as they did , his network of spies would ferret them out . |
| 3 | It would be a long time before anyone inherited — and his sons knew that sooner or later Henry would take something from them to give to the youngest of them all , John . |
| 4 | She did n't know whether the loose wheel would come off quite soon or stay on for some miles , but she realised that sooner or later the wheel would break loose and that if Daddy or the A.A. man did n't reach her before that happened Miss Clinton would be likely to crash . |
| 5 | But deep down he had the feeling that sooner or later , he would have to face the big wave with her . |
| 6 | What saves an ordinary cat from being over-mauled is the fact that sooner or later it struggles and scratches . |
| 7 | Stalin adhered to the agreement because he wished to maintain satisfactory relations with the United States if possible and perhaps because he felt that sooner or later Korea would fall into the Soviet sphere in any case . |
| 8 | He always stayed close when they were approaching a service station , because he knew that sooner or later , they 'd have to stop for fuel . |
| 9 | ‘ She assumes that sooner or later the body 'll be discovered and there 'll be a hue and cry . |
| 10 | He knew that sooner or later , the flood would come , even if the sinful people around him did n't believe in that , or in anything else which God had said . |
| 11 | Then , realising that sooner or later he must be given a reason for her presence , she repeated the one she had given Stella . |
| 12 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 13 | We hope that sooner or later the philosophy that classes people as mere units of labour will be consigned to the dustbin of history which it deserves . |
| 14 | George knows that sooner or later Lennie will do another ‘ bad thing ’ and so when Lennie accidentally kills Curley 's wife , George is very upset and disappointed , but not shocked . |
| 15 | " The history of the Russian people " , wrote Shchapov from prison a month later , " fills our heart with the belief and the hope that sooner or later a time must come for the Russian people when it acquires political self-consciousness and , as a result , political self-government " . |
| 16 | I this could be a welcome providing that sooner or later the democratic element catches up with the bureaucratic one . |
| 17 | She had known that sooner or later she would be asked that . |
| 18 | The Ministry of Agriculture has said that sooner or later the pound will get an easier ride on the currency markets and that cereal farmers , who since Black Wednesday have almost doubled their projected income , must guard against being caught by sudden changes . |
| 19 | no he 'd , he 's got to do as he 's told and he knows that and that 's it and at the moment she says we do n't know so we do n't know , but we know that sooner or later it 's |
| 20 | ‘ To be honest it 's not a proper bridge , although sooner or later I intend to build one . |
| 21 | Every product undergoes change with the passage of time and sooner or later becomes unsatisfactory , by which is meant in this context that it no longer conforms to its specification . |
| 22 | Every fan has a personal memory , a wild weekend at Wembley , a night at the dancing , a rammy at the taxi-rank , and sooner or later a Scottish footballer staggers through the story adding a new level of absurdity to the proceedings . |
| 23 | So I try and cling to the floor of the cave with my bare toes , but I ca n't because it 's all smooth and there 's nothing to cling to , and sooner or later I 'll start floating upwards and then I 'll bash my head in and get killed . |
| 24 | And sooner or later , another would come in my place . ’ |
| 25 | Yes , follow any track and sooner or later you find humans . |
| 26 | Cripps Christmas dinners were not noted for their decorum nor their sobriety and sooner or later the bread rolls began to fly . |
| 27 | I 'll live there and grow prize marrows , and sooner or later you 'll come along . ’ |
| 28 | Just aim at giving as much variety as you can manage and sooner or later she 'll want to try other foods again . |
| 29 | You 're the bait for the jackal , and sooner or later he 'll come for you , and when he does I intend to be there . ’ |
| 30 | Like Angela she would not want a poor doctor , and sooner or later would tire of her play-acting and retire back to that world — he wondered why she had left it , and what she thought that she was doing here in the East End , so far from her family and friends . |