Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [subord] [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh oh how many times have you been back since you 've retired ? |
| 2 | She had n't been out because she wanted to stay in and look after Bradley . |
| 3 | sometimes I mean he 's been out when he 's had a drink , on call , sort of thing |
| 4 | And both seemed to be over before they had begun . |
| 5 | ‘ Tell her I 'll be up when I 've eaten , he said . |
| 6 | I try to be out when he comes begging but that stupid Nutty gives it all away . |
| 7 | ‘ General Francis and Corporal Wix have been hoping you 'd be back before they had to leave for London . ’ |
| 8 | There was a brief pause , then Rosemary was rushing on as if fearful that they would be back before she had said what she 'd rung up to say , which was , ‘ Can I ask a favour , Leith ? ’ |
| 9 | Let's pray we shall be back before you have read ten thousand books . ’ |
| 10 | They 'll be back when we 've recovered from this one ( unless , of course , there 's another election in May . ) |
| 11 | ‘ The water is rising all the time and I would n't like to be around when it does overflow . |
| 12 | Enter stage right disc jockey Jimmy Franks of BRMB , local independent radio in Birmingham , the only chap who happens to be around when I phone to see if anyone there could help me out . |
| 13 | At least Piers had not been around when she had left . |
| 14 | It is easy to be unaware of the pressures we are under until they have built up to a head . |
| 15 | out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in |
| 16 | All the animals that were out when it flooded had been taken inside the house and the furniture in the house was on bricks . |
| 17 | I just heard that Katie here was in so I came to see when she 'd be back on duty , that 's all . |
| 18 | Well I think more than anything if they 'd have seen the state she was in after she 'd had this |
| 19 | In moral America , it looked as if the Clinton campaign was over before it had begun . |
| 20 | Carrington 's adventure in Holland was over before it had begun , by two short days . |
| 21 | The conversation was over before it had started . |
| 22 | As for myself , I was back where I had begun in Opposition . |
| 23 | In reality , I was back where I had started — in a position of helplessness and hopelessness — but with one important exception . |
| 24 | He was back where he 'd started , staring at the wall with nothing to do but wait . |
| 25 | He was back where he had started . |
| 26 | The remark was out before she 'd considered the wisdom of it . |