Example sentences of "you be [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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31 | You 're breaking me on the rack of your virtue . ’ |
32 | If you 're lying in bed trying to go to sleep and you 're screwing yourself into a ball of self-disgust , you 're gon na find the sheets get colder and your limbs get stiffer , and if you do n't break the mood you 'd be better out of bed . |
33 | So you 're ploughing everything into the business at this moment |
34 | What does matter is that you 're wearing yourself to a shadow to make a bare livelihood — and my hands are tied , ’ he said violently , looking down at them as though he longed to tear off the invisible fetters . |
35 | But that still does n't tell me why you 're wearing them in the first place , does it ? ’ she grinned . |
36 | There 's just time for a quick flip through the Highway Code and then your , but the test is even more daunting when you 're taking it on a 15 ton steam roller . |
37 | if we can resolve it with cos then you 're getting summat on a different style of thinking to that , you know , I know Fred does n't wan na be involved but then you 've always got somebody , well we 'll have to go and see Fred first . |
38 | Normally you would n't be seen dead doing a knees bend keeping your back straight , but if you 're getting something off the bottom shelf you wo n't look ridiculous at all . |
39 | An hour on the workbench could make them play quite reasonably , but do n't imagine you 're getting anything like a real Rickenbacker for a bargain price ; they 've got the looks , but that 's about all . |
40 | Carbohydrates provide a good energy supply for the body as they 're converted into glucose , but make sure you 're eating it in the right forms . |
41 | It was sensible , as Mrs Thatcher had , ‘ to counsel caution in the maelstrom , but it all depends on whether you 're saying that in order to guide events in a steady fashion or whether you 're using it as an alibi to do nothing . |
42 | So you 're using it as an excuse ? |
43 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
44 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
45 | part of the documentation I received , so I presume you 're extracting it from the H and T report of the second of July nineteen ninety two . |
46 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
47 | Well you 're measuring it in the opposite direction to the way you 're measuring X. |
48 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
49 | You 're eliminating one at a time . |
50 | You 're becoming nothing but a delinquent ! ’ |
51 | You 're burying her in the wrong grave . ’ |
52 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
53 | ‘ Luce is fond of you and she does n't want to hurt you , but you 're putting her in an impossible situation by your pig-headedness . |
54 | so if you 're putting it in the second half of the second term |
55 | You 're working yourself into a state . |
56 | So tell me , if the business my grandmother started several decades ago really is on the brink of insolvency , how come you 're sunning yourself in the Caribbean , Mr Sterne ? |
57 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
58 | Mum , you 're worrying yourself for no reason . |
59 | Being apart all week means you 're doing none of the things young married couples normally do — building up a joint lifestyle , going out , having friends around and generally enjoying yourselves together . |
60 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |