be along

be along

1. To arrive

   I expect John will be along soon.

• Be is almost never inflected in this phrasal verb. The use of modal verbs is much more common, or else the to infinitive.
• The sense is for the future, or near present. There is no past form, except for subordinate clause structures, using past modal verbs. E.g. I thought the bus would be along soon.

• bengola