Example sentences of "you [be] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
| 3 | And without deviating from truth or accuracy , you are telling it the way — and it is possible to do it , without deviating from truth and accuracy — because most of the trappings of the crap are ones that we impose upon ourselves . |
| 4 | You are to keep it a secret , Theodosia . |
| 5 | Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life . |
| 6 | It may just be with a weekly magazine and a cream cake , but you are giving yourself a pat on the back . |
| 7 | You are taking rights away and you are giving them no consultation at all . |
| 8 | If as part of the task you specify the effect the programme is to have on the audience , you are building in the criteria by which that audience can judge the programme and you are giving them a purpose in viewing . |
| 9 | You can accept payments from passengers in your car if you are giving them a lift for social or other similar purposes . |
| 10 | You can accept payments from passengers in your car if you are giving them a lift for social or other similar purposes . |
| 11 | You can accept payments from passengers in your car if you are giving them a lift for social or other similar purposes . |
| 12 | You are giving me a look ai n't you babe ? |
| 13 | ‘ You are making me a wreck . ’ |
| 14 | You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’ |
| 15 | You are to make yourself the master of a particular sub-topic or sub-sub-topic rather than prepare for the year 's examination in the whole subject . |
| 16 | You 're leaving me no alternative . |
| 17 | More than likely you will notice you 're as competent as the angler you 're watching and return with restored confidence to your swim , which , in the meantime rested , suddenly bursts alive and the dace start feeding so well you 're hooking one a chuck . |
| 18 | By the way , while I think of it , Anne was just about to leave the country when you rang , but she says when she gets back in September you 're to give her a call . ’ |
| 19 | You know you 're getting me a name for myself and there might be somebody listening you never know . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're telling me a woman like you actually obeys that stuff ? ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 23 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 25 | You 're asking me a question ? |
| 26 | The could be if you pop yourself there , he sits there and she sits there , you 're asking him a question , he 's not sure , he looks at her , so if you look you ca n't see what you 're doing , you want to be able to maintain eye contact with them both , yeah , one of the effective ways , well they 're going to be aware of the layout of the living room , this is their , this is their stage . |
| 27 | Well plus plus the fact that erm it 's not that you have n't got one , or it 's not that we 'd need you to drive it 's that you 're denying us the privilege of being able to send you . |
| 28 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
| 29 | What 's the doubt that you 're giving him the benefit of ? |
| 30 | you this turtle as an incentive cos you 're giving him the turtle anyway but he wo n't know that unless his mum 's told him . |