Example sentences of "and [pron] be [subord] " in BNC.

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1 And I am if at five minutes to five , or five minutes to leaving off time whatever it was and you would n't say well we 'll get ready to go home you had to pick a half a link up make it into a staple and throw it in the box .
2 And I was cos I had , I had a massive argument with Vicky about party politics !
3 We duly met , and I was as before , astonished to find how much interest he could take , by clearing his mind of more pressing matters , in a subject not obviously familiar to him .
4 He makes more mess in his bedroom than she does and his is because , not only is it all papers and books and toys and everything else , it 's all his clothes as well .
5 There are many features of animals which could be improved on , and which are as they are because of the legacy of the past .
6 and you 're if you think , Ooh I 'm I 'm not quite sure what he means by that .
7 And you were If you had a spare room you were all Well I think you were forced to take in troops and we had Elizabeth , a baby , and we had lodgers , nearly all the wartime .
8 Seeing this stranger among the gleaners Boaz asks his foreman about Ruth , and she is as we 've mentioned , she , he talks about her diligence , about her respectful ways , about her , her consideration for other and Boaz offers to her , three things , he offers to her guidance he says , do n't go anywhere else , you stay here .
9 Environmental liabilities are notoriously difficult to foresee and quantify , and there is as yet no experience under the Act to draw on .
10 Most staff are untrained and there is as yet little evidence that training makes much difference to the quality of care ( Sinclair , 1988b , p. 270 ) .
11 However , the economic benefit gained from such treatment varies considerably from farm to farm and also apparently from country to country and there are as yet insufficient grounds for advocating routine treatment of herds at calving .
12 It had all the facilities needed by the three Services and there were as yet few worries about security of tenure .
13 For example , in March 1955 at the time of Ashby 's Will Harvey Lecture , there were only five tutor-organisers employed by the Eastern District , those in Essex , Fenland , Norfolk , Northamptonshire and Suffolk : the posts in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire were vacant and there were as yet no tutor-organisers with special responsibilities over several counties .
14 And there was when it came on , in the afternoon there was this tremendous very loud roar !
15 Yeah and they 're when they come up to London they 're going
16 Those linguists who have paid explicit attention to literacy , and they are as yet few , have been forced to question the early assumptions of the discipline with regard to literacy and to cast doubt on what I have termed the ‘ autonomous ’ model .
17 These issues are continuously considered by all worthwhile credit insurance brokers and they are as follows :
18 And they are as follows , Selby Road Barlby , one point three hectares , it 's about erm seventh from the top of the list ,
19 I have had the opportunity of discussing that with President Bush on a number of occasions , and he is as committed to a speedy conclusion of the Uruguay round as we are .
20 You know and he was when I started there in nineteen thirteen .
21 Could , could I just say that Homeward , I mean there the , the parking is obviously a problem , that that is something that could go by , but I mean , I went to , the last time I went to Homeward , and walked out , and it 's before we had all this rain , my shoes were under water .
22 and it 's cos they do n't understand them but you 're understanding them I think very well now so you 're going to like them .
23 And it 's cos I think it 's important that
24 Well it was something that you hear a lot about it and er I 've never done anything about it and it 's cos I 'm starting to think towards the future and it 's gon na be nice to know that I 'm gon na have a pound or two to go and do what I want when I retire .
25 Some days , it 's too misty and it 's like it 's vanished altogether .
26 And it 's like we said .
27 and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela
28 It 's just standing there , and you take one [ garment ] from the pile and stick it on the ironing board and iron it , fold it , and put it down , take the next one — and it 's as though it 's never going to end .
29 Take ‘ Alternative Ulster ’ for instance , I wrote that convinced the situation in the North was going to improve and it 's as fucked up as ever .
30 Now it 's all got to stop and it 's as though something wonderful is going to end .
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