Example sentences of "you [vb base] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Again , yo you , the figure staying the same , all you do is to move a decimal point two places . |
2 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
3 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
4 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
5 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
6 | When you 've been having a few beers , and clowning around having a bit of a larf , and then you go onstage and sing earnest , sensitive songs full of emotion and heartbreak and loneliness , do you ever feel like fakes ? |
7 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
8 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
9 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
10 | Make everyone stand in a circle and explain that you have been granted a special power which places people under your spell . |
11 | As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review . |
12 | If you have been following a normal varied British pattern of eating you have probably been consuming less dietary fibre than you need for health protection , but it is unlikely that you are deficient in minerals and vitamins . |
13 | Have you not read novels , been to the cinema and watched the hero and heroine embracing and realized you have been missing a great deal ? |
14 | To get a true feeling for the plan it should also be applied to the Principal because although you have been paying a fixed amount in each month the value of this has also decreased due to inflation . |