Example sentences of "you [be] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if you are with a group and everyone is laughing , it might put a damper on things if you remained tight-lipped and poker-faced . |
| 2 | You are on a globe that looks like a crystal ball or a marble in a light bed of cotton wool . |
| 3 | If you are on a site-recce and you hit on an idea or a way of solving your problem , do a dry run . |
| 4 | At the time you are on a high and your just ca n't see it going wrong … |
| 5 | ‘ The next day you are on an aircraft and having a bumpy ride . |
| 6 | A useful test is to imagine that you are at a party and someone asks you what you are writing about : your answer will have to be short , coherent and sufficiently interesting to hold the attention of a listener who does not have to listen to you . |
| 7 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |
| 8 | Convince them you are worth a look and , almost out of the blue , you might end up with 300 words in Kerrang or Echoes or the NME . |
| 9 | Until you are within a minute or two of your ETA , there is no need to call for QDMs more frequently than at a half to one minute intervals . |
| 10 | This is true whether you are in a desert or a forest or swimming on a coral reef . |
| 11 | Relax deeply , then imagine you are in a landscape or townscape of some kind . |
| 12 | But take Old Shallot 's advice : if you are in a boat or barge which has been holed , particularly one where the damage is malicious , stop rowing and block that hole for any further movement of the barge simply helps the water rush in . |
| 13 | If you are in a hurry or feel resentful , that will be obvious . |
| 14 | Suppose you sometimes feel tempted to drive faster than the allowed speed limit , perhaps because you are in a hurry or because you decide that it is quite safe to do so and that the speed limit is unnecessary . |
| 15 | This ‘ Dutch courage ’ can be useful if you are in a situation that requires you to be resolute . |
| 16 | If you are in a situation that demands action — act now if you are the victim — report the problem . |
| 17 | You know how it is on ferries — you get a bit disoriented , you never know if you 're on A deck or B deck , or which bit of the outside you 're getting to when you go through a door — the front , the stern , or the sides . |
| 18 | If you 're on a sailing or windsurf holiday you may still book without a supplement if you 're willing to share with someone on the same holiday . |
| 19 | I think having a car you do make more unnecessary journeys — when you 're on a bike or public transport you really have to plan well ahead . |
| 20 | if you 're on , if you 're on a motorway or a carriageway , right |
| 21 | if you 're on a ship but that 's different . |
| 22 | You know , it 's bloody rocking about and you 're on a ship and |
| 23 | If you 're on a diet and you 've found that you 've hit problems , ring Sue Frost on these special helplines . |
| 24 | Oh you 're on a diet as well are you ? |
| 25 | If you 're with a bank and you 've been with them a few years , they 'll give you all kinda loans . |
| 26 | Unless unless you 're worth a bob or a hundred . |
| 27 | I had , I had five names here , that would give you sixteen , you 're worth an A but I 'm afraid |
| 28 | Mother-of-so-many said : ‘ You 're of an age and you could do worse . |
| 29 | If you 're not doing it like that and you 're in a conversation or atmosphere in the room , when I find it , this little gadget is wonderful , this will pick up for a long way , this will pick up the dogs next door , if there was no other noise in this room . |
| 30 | Yeah , like somebody else , like , you 're walking down the street , like , you 're in a house and , and you check it for a minute and you 're like |