Example sentences of "[prep] then [pron] [modal v] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we finish before then I shall be very annoyed ! |
| 2 | Until then it would be virtually impossible to discuss anything . |
| 3 | Er Madam Speaker , I I agree with er the honourable gentleman that it 's extremely important that the various agencies do play a part in working together to ensure effective action with minimum bureaucracy and I know that the honourable gentleman has been anxious to ensure that that happens in his own constituency and his own area where he is dealing with the problems of high unemployment er and the fall out from the closures of pits in his area and if the honourable gentleman has any specific er er measures which he would like us to look at then I 'd be very happy to consider those . |
| 4 | By then they 'll be completely dry and we 'll see if they fail standard tests . ’ |
| 5 | He said and says nothing , just that I 'll find out some day but by then it 'll be too late . |
| 6 | We have not continued the story strand in the statements of attainment beyond level 4 , although many pupils will continue to write stories of increasing complexity throughout the secondary school , because by then it will be just one of the many types of writing that pupils might undertake . |