Example sentences of "[conj] you be [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can not lovemake to you , ’ he said at the door , ‘ in the house of our ancient Danish friends where you are the nanny . ’ |
| 2 | In other words , having a space open to all , where you 're a bit of a showman and hope someone else likes it as much as you do . |
| 3 | They are forces which are spreading wealth faster than at any time in human history and in one 's political approach I think you either are an enthusiast anxious to embrace the forces that are at work or you are a sceptic , perhaps inclined to resist them , hoping that you can frustrate them . |
| 4 | or you are a dog — or worse . ’ |
| 5 | Write in your own handwriting , unless it is so bad it would be a point against you or you are a typist and a typewritten letter has been specified . |
| 6 | Suffice to say keep your skis parallel or you 're a goner . |
| 7 | Except you 're a user . |
| 8 | You will manage — oh yes — although you have no servants to feed your animals or cook your meat for you — you will manage , although you are a year married with a wee child learning to walk , and no wet-nurse to mind it for you while you milk the beasts — and no young husband to thatch your house above your head . |
| 9 | Also that you be the driver of the motor car having been required to produce your driving licence for examination to the police officer , failed to do so . |
| 10 | ‘ All I 'm demanding is that you be the guarantor of your brother 's good behaviour . |
| 11 | Beatrice kept repeating in a pronounced English accent : ‘ Modigliani , do n't forget that you 're a gentleman . |
| 12 | So you can , so if you feel that you 're a bit , you need a bit of practice in a certain area , you can literally look up the type of course that would benefit you the most . |
| 13 | You feel that you 're a bit of burden on your friends , perhaps , because you ca n't go to the pub and buy a round of drinks , because you 're bit of a drag on a lot of activities which involve spending some sort of money . |
| 14 | It 's perfectly clear that you 're a lady , even if you do use the most shockin'ly vulgar expressions … and wear next to nothing ; which is delightful but disturbing … and not quite the done thing . ’ |
| 15 | What do people at clubs and parties say to you when you tell them that you 're a dancer ? |
| 16 | And er I think , I I agree , I agree with a lot of the demands that feminist women have made but , to kind of congregate it in that way , it 's bu , I mean a lot of wha er , white feminists have been attacked for excluding black women , and that 's one of the examples where you know , to be , to say that you 're a feminist , it 's not just men that you 're alienating , you 're also alienating other way . |
| 17 | ‘ People say that you 're a friend of the Opera ghost , Madame Giry , ’ Monsieur Armand began . |
| 18 | Or that you 're a duffer if you ca n't polish off a wall gecko in under two minutes ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Now that you 're a cabin passenger . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And you really think someone like Chief Inspector Kuhlmann of the German Federal Police is going to swallow this absurd idea that you 're a murderer and a rapist ? ’ |
| 21 | I know that you 're a historian by profession . |
| 22 | ‘ I see that you 're a hell of a lot more cheerful . ’ |
| 23 | For Hamill , it 's your fault that you 're a failure , so do n't dare blame anyone else . |
| 24 | ‘ I can see that you 're a trifle overcome , ’ he said after a few moments . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it 's admirable that you 're a nature-lover , Stevens , ’ he said , as I served him . |
| 26 | It seems to me that you 're a bunch of people having fun doing what you do , and I think a lot of people would like to be able to say the same . |
| 27 | How 'd you defend yourself from accusations that you 're a bunch of middle-class college kids without the ‘ right ’ rock'n'roll attitude ? |
| 28 | Does it get you down to read every week that you 're a heroin addict ? |
| 29 | But if he gets it into his head that you 're a spy … . |
| 30 | You clearly think that you 're a piece of worthless rubbish , and if I pick up those vibes , then so do the blokes . |