Example sentences of "be [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , so what we wanted to do was , we 've had we 're doing quite well with the ov , erm , the five weeks we 've been together but we wan na make sure that you do combat erm a successful pact . |
| 2 | You show grandma what a big boy you are tonight and you talk to her nicely on the phone and you |
| 3 | then I went , I went into town a bit later on , come down Manstral Road and there was like a load of traffic there and I got to where the traffic lights are just before you get to the big turning at Manstral Road |
| 4 | Well I think the only difference is I say to her I hope you 're still cos she said to me you can come , I said I 'm coming straight round yours christmas day , I 'm not coming home waiting for you to come back , you do n't come till half past ten ! |
| 5 | There are also of course anaphoric usages of there ( cf. ( 40 ) above ) , and this explains why there is no necessary pragmatic anomaly in : ( 74 ) We 're there where there refers to the place we previously mentioned as our goal ( Fillmore , 1971b : 226 ) . |
| 6 | I ca n't say touch for touch how we became lovers because , really , we had been ever since he came into the room and found me still there , waiting and pretending . |
| 7 | In theatres all over the rest of the country The Tart and the Vicar 's Wife packs them in , and has been ever since it opened in Preston in February 1986 . |
| 8 | Rolls-Royce will be hoping there are more where he came from . |
| 9 | But there are many cases where the merging of meanings are more and we have to be on our guard . |
| 10 | If the police were thinking about blackmail it would n't be long before they got to Barbara Porter . |
| 11 | Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride . |
| 12 | ‘ I hope it will not be long before he returns to the front bench . ’ |
| 13 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
| 14 | One smoke alarm may be enough if you live in a mobile home or a small bungalow . |
| 15 | They 've changed all the things that used to be just because they know Like form twos always used to have an end of term leaving party . |
| 16 | But the third would be best because it deals with the essential needs involved . |
| 17 | Do you think it might be best if we stayed at home |
| 18 | ‘ I think it would be best if we remained on formal terms . ’ |
| 19 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 20 | ‘ It would probably be best if I started from square one , ’ the contact opened the proceedings by saying . |
| 21 | Now , if you 're not going to order another drink quietly then I think it would be best if you went on your way . ’ |
| 22 | It would be best if you looked for another business partner . ’ |
| 23 | Maybe it would be best if you came over here . ’ |
| 24 | I think it would be best if you came across as nobly resigned : ‘ How could she stoop to do this to me ’ — something along those lines — without going into too much detail . |
| 25 | I wonder what , oi Dan Honey , I wonder what , I wonder what we 'll be like when we get into our sort of mid twenties ? |
| 26 | The worst moment always seems to be immediately before you step into the unknown . |
| 27 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 28 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 29 | I 'm here because I want to be , because I like your company , and I think we should be enjoying it . |
| 30 | I 'm not here just to be Chairman , I 'm here because I believe in things . ’ |