Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was telling myself that it would soon be over when I heard a sharp crack . |
| 2 | I paid the fourpence for two coffees , and after I had seen Clare to her train back home , went to St Andrew 's to make a few notes of plans to defend myself , for I knew it would not be long before I faced a new ‘ trial ’ — by the hospital 's board of governors . |
| 3 | Erm I lost interest in photography f er after a while because the er the photography at the centre , there 's always been ever since I joined , there 's been six of us who had er a l a lasting thing with photography . |
| 4 | I 'm not sure I 'll still be here if I bought Chris all of this . |
| 5 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 6 | I thought I could look around a bit more , and that Gus would always be there if I changed my mind . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It would probably be best if I started from square one , ’ the contact opened the proceedings by saying . |
| 8 | I have n't been back since I told them about me and Polly . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't be here if I did n't believe you , ’ Graham replied softly . |
| 10 | ‘ It would n't be here if I did n't . |
| 11 | I had heard about the Dog Man before on my week-long journey from Kirk Yetholm towards Edale — travellers going north had told me as I journeyed south at first that the Dog Man was only three days ahead of me , then two days ahead of me , and then the final group of walkers had told me that it would n't be long before I caught him up . |
| 12 | ‘ If I left that at the door of St Joe 's in Greenock it would n't be there when I came out , ’ chirps Lesley . |
| 13 | I just heard that Katie here was in so I came to see when she 'd be back on duty , that 's all . |
| 14 | So I think it is turning like that but it w certainly was n't when I went to most of them I did n't , I never met anybody from Channing or Highgate or l or from north London schools anyway . |