doesnt this mean more like "_if_ that's true, then..." - ie based on preceding item. so your ex #4748 would be: If thats true, then we dont have time for a drink.
dc
彼女らを should be 彼女らと. Also, "to drink a beer" should be "to drink beer."
bamboo4
dc - I defer to native speakers on that one... in the book I got, the meaning was: Based on the preceding information, a new topic is brought forth. Which leads into the english of that means... cleaned things up a bit / fixed #4748...
ninja_k
a slightly different sense than dc's example,
"if you follow those directions, then you will see it on your right"