Example sentences of "[adv] be [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A banquet-hall deserted — Broadstone Station would henceforth be only that to thousands for whom it had for long been associated with happiness — the happiness of the day 's work , the happiness of companionship , the happiness of simply being alive on a fine day . |
| 2 | In other words , there are certain roles which are tailor-made for certain people who will go along and just be more or less themselves , and other roles which do require a lot of — if you like — psychoanalysis beforehand to get the most out of the part . ’ |
| 3 | Surely you realised I would hardly be here but for some catastrophe . |
| 4 | ‘ I would rather be here than in Portugal . ’ |
| 5 | He was not guilty of the offence , which is now theft , but would now be so because of s.5(4) where the innocent party 's belief is classified as a non-fundamental one . |