Example sentences of "you [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long have you been living at this address ? |
| 2 | Have you been chinking like this all the time I 've been gone ? |
| 3 | Yeah , actually se , I sa , actually she said oh what , have you been walking into this time ? |
| 4 | How long have you been waiting for this car , a while have n't you Spen ? |
| 5 | She says that she she lives in a on the estate on the outskirts of Mansfield have you been checking around that area ? |
| 6 | ‘ What on earth have you been doing to these ? ’ |
| 7 | What 've you been doing to this poor soul ? |
| 8 | How long have you been working on that ? |
| 9 | We hmm , now , young ladies , how long have you been working on this ? |
| 10 | Since you since you came into the flats have you have you been working at all or have have you been erm |
| 11 | HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING IN THIS FIELD PROFESSOR ? |
| 12 | ‘ Have you been brooding over that . |
| 13 | The doctor said to me , ‘ Have n't you been told about these things ? ’ then sat and explained it all to me . |
| 14 | If you buy a different second rod you will have to learn this all over again , but more important , when you are fishing with both rods you will never work with them instinctively . |
| 15 | If you are dismissed for some other reason unconnected with redundancy , you will have to consider whether the circumstances justify an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 16 | There are some balloons available to be given away at suitable events ( not for sale ) — let me know if you are participating in any public event and would like some . |
| 17 | If you are scratching in weak lift , you may be able to see which way you have drifted after a few circles . |
| 18 | Just when you are alerted to one con trick , it seems someone else is waiting around the corner with another devious way of getting you to part with your money . |
| 19 | Technical Education is an exciting subject and makes use of many of the skills you are taught in other Departments such as Art , Computing , English , Mathematics and the Sciences . |
| 20 | As a young adult , mate-hunting with the pack , you are regarded with tolerant amusement ; elderly and/or widowed , you are usually afforded a kind of uncommitted sympathy and concern . |
| 21 | You are regarded by many competent judges as one of the finest of all conductors of the music of Verdi and Puccini , which is a rare distinction for an Austrian- or German-born conductor . |
| 22 | So unless you keep goats only for your own needs , you are covered by these Regulations . |
| 23 | You are searching for damp and woodworm , for lack of maintenance , and for usability and quality , or lack of it . |
| 24 | ‘ If you are hit at all , you retire immediately to HQ for a penalty of five minutes . |
| 25 | These changes in facial colour are the most visible sign that you are reacting to each other . |
| 26 | This rather convoluted question fits a particular pattern which it is useful to familiarise yourself with : ( a ) a quote captures a general perception ; then ( b ) you are asked about some other writer ( or invited to select a writer ) where it is plausible to think the quote may be relevant ; then ( c ) you are asked to discuss this second writer in the light of the quote . |
| 27 | You are sacked after 20 years ' service with a week 's notice . |
| 28 | Certainly you are obliged in this game which you have undertaken to play against the reader ( while at the same time telling a good story ) to state the physical circumstances necessary to unmasking the murderer . |
| 29 | ‘ You are submitting to male domination ? ’ he asked drily . |
| 30 | No statement which you make during the interview may be given in evidence against you unless : ( a ) you are prosecuted for making a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular ; or ( b ) you are prosecuted for some other offence and when giving evidence , you make a statement which is inconsistent with a statement made during the interview . |