Example sentences of "he [modal v] be [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should be along in half an hour or so . " |
| 2 | He 'll be out in ten years … |
| 3 | He could be out in three years if all went well . |
| 4 | " He said he 'd be along in ten minutes . " |
| 5 | He 'd be down in half an hour though . |
| 6 | Said he 'd be back in six weeks . |
| 7 | I and my new friend then went to Ku where he took another 15,000 pesetas off me — the price had gone up , he said — and he parked me by the dance-floor and said he 'd be back in five minutes . |
| 8 | One morning I called International Backside and Balvinder said he would be around in five minutes . |
| 9 | He would be back in three weeks , he reminded her , to take her home for the weekend . |
| 10 | Then , obviously wanting to leave us alone , our friend said that he had to go to the village of Lalatta for a short time ; he would be back in twenty minutes , by which time I would have to start making my way back to Lagrimone . |