Example sentences of "you [vb base] to [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to be a great player , it takes extra effort . ’ |
| 2 | With average salaries currently at the £12–14,000 mark that 's quite a shortfall to make up if you want to be a working composer . |
| 3 | However careful or expert you are , other people can still injure you , so if you want to be a pregnant skier , ask your doctor/specialist and then assess the risk — holiday vs baby . |
| 4 | " If you want to be a good wife to me , and only the Lord knows how many times you 've said that 's what you want , you can stop asking questions and making deductions about where I been or what 's passed my lips , see ? |
| 5 | The whole system of things and people which surrounds us coerces us to be conformist ; even if you want to be a social rebel you will still have to go about things in a conventional way if you are to gain recognition and not be rated as insane . |
| 6 | For me it 's forward or nothing and if you do n't believe that you deserve to be a second-rate club or second-rate country . ’ |
| 7 | It all depends on what you consider to be a normal healthy diet . |
| 8 | But if you happen to be a sad coward like me , you can get your kicks from Dambusters instead . |
| 9 | Unless you happen to be a keen follower of American football , you are more likely to be able to answer the first six questions than the last two . |
| 10 | If you happen to be a seasoned 1-2-3 or Excel user reluctant to loose reams of data , then have no fear . |
| 11 | They prove that the flab fights back — and will get you even if you happen to be a Royal . |
| 12 | ( 99 ) … in civil or criminal cases you must not put forward what you know to be a false case . |
| 13 | You try to be a white person or you go to them and try to be accepted and you go back to blacks and they do n't like it . |
| 14 | Well you have to be a non-tax payer , you ca n't cheat . |
| 15 | I told Aunty Sharon you have to be a good boy though . |
| 16 | It is a kind of brainwashing , because underneath the ad for the chocolate is another kind of message , saying you must be slim , heterosexual , white ; you have to be a certain class , have money . |
| 17 | I think you have to er , er , you have to be a certain kind of person , you have to be prepared to anything do n't you ? |
| 18 | The condition : you have to be a Tory party supporter . |
| 19 | There 's no doubt that to operate these schemes you have to be a sensitive lender . ’ |
| 20 | oh you need to be a bloody |
| 21 | But again the suggestion through the media would be that in order to gain top priority you need to be a young single parent with at least one child . |
| 22 | You need to be a major international player with a market-making capability to be competitive , ’ McIntosh argued . |
| 23 | To work as a probation officer , you need to be a qualified social worker and must have the appropriate CQSW qualification ( Certificate of qualification in Social Work ) . |
| 24 | I think you need to be a little bit careful with what is your definition of the major non-conformists . |