Example sentences of "[vb past] you be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I just told you is straight reportage . |
| 2 | ‘ Have you any info on the subject I told you was top priority ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm surprised at yer. , mate , I never reckoned you was that kind of bloke . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew you were all heart really Joe . |
| 5 | I thought you were asleep love . |
| 6 | I thought you were some sort of ghoul come to … come to do what ghouls do . ’ |
| 7 | He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable . |
| 8 | Sure look at the night , Saturday night he came round to our door , big black stain said you 're alright man , I was , you 're alright man I had a half bottle of cider er er |
| 9 | when I persuaded her to go in , I said you 're alright Jackie just run in |
| 10 | yeah , they 'll be , and she 's always moaning driving Sue up the wall , why should I keep him blah , blah , blah , blah , doing nothing , we sit and look at each other and Sue said for Christ sake she said you 're twenty years old , not forty , she 'd been bad on and off again , throat , well she had the shoulder , throat er she thought she had , oh the diabetes was one were n't it , diabetes one , they thought she had , thought that she had glandular fever but she has n't and er , so Sue said to her well are you looking after yourself and she said yes I am , Sue said well I du n no she never seems to be , cos she 's never been well has she really ? |
| 11 | Said you were top brass and that I could talk to you as if you were the Commissioner himself . " |
| 12 | Dierdriu said gently , ‘ Had you been half siblings , something might have been permitted . |