Example sentences of "then you [modal v] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 're staying on this ward because you think he 'll notice you and start asking you out — him or any other good-looking doctor — then you 'll be here till Doomsday . ’ |
| 2 | You see and then you 'll be away and I 'll say to myself now that describes it . |
| 3 | It 's great to be out somewhere and then decide to go home , and there it is , waiting for you , and all you got to do is walk a bit and then you 'll be home and everything 'll be OK . |
| 4 | And then you 'll be worse off than when you started . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 'll sit in that chair for a minute , I 'll remake your bed — then you 'll be more comfortable , ’ she said . |
| 6 | So okay , in general then you 'll be quite happy to go back to a the Kuwait that you knew ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll bring the spells down to you , and then you 'll be off and away . |
| 8 | And that 's why we need as much information about Tony so that his friend will recognize him , ring through and then you 'll be in touch him . |
| 9 | ‘ Then you 'll be in at the start , with the broken nights and the four-hour feeds and the nappies which need to be constantly changed . ’ |
| 10 | It runs off a normal car battery and has ample power to drive the punt at a greater rate of knots than you are likely to need , unless you are going to troll for pike ; and then you would be better using a boat rather than a punt . |
| 11 | somebody homed in on one and then you would be back on your scaled fee for the |
| 12 | If your answer is just print out nicely justified text with the spelling checked then you may be in for a surprise . |
| 13 | If , on the other hand , your exercises are insufficient to stimulate your limb and heart muscles , thus providing aerobic exercise , then you will be effectively wasting your time . |
| 14 | If you are going to be lightly humorous , skimming like a butterfly , then you will be ill served by a plot that is impossibly ingenious or a plot that has at its centre something too grave to be dealt with light-heartedly when , long after you have embarked on the actual writing , the moment comes to reveal all . |
| 15 | If you are too stupid to know when to draw the line physically then you will be too stupid to know when to stop emotionally as well . |
| 16 | If it is the latter kind , then you can be rather more technical and detailed than you might be for the general readership . |
| 17 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 18 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 19 | Then you should be reasonably safe . |
| 20 | This means climbing the whole route in the dark , and since an efficient descent on frozen snow should only take four hours , then you should be back at the Couvercle Hut sipping beer by 11am . |
| 21 | Well they were usually a line of kids standing along the wall or something and one set out in the middle of the field and then you had to touch them and then you 'd be back to the wall and they had to do it . |
| 22 | ‘ Then you 'd be quite wrong ! ’ he said forcefully , ignoring her rising tide of protest as he continued , ‘ I want it clearly understood — once and for all — that , as far as the outside world is concerned , you and I are still happily married . |
| 23 | " If my heart gave out tonight , then you 'd be all right . |
| 24 | ‘ Then you must be very stupid indeed . ’ |