Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [adv] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maize or Indian corn is what you may well be most conscious of here , a crop introduced into the western Pyrenees in the 1600s and long a staple there , occupying now nearly half the cultivated space . |
| 2 | You may well be better off without him instead of living in limbo , not knowing what he 's thinking or why he 's acting in this way . |
| 3 | Kate Finlayson explains that , with winter approaching , you may well be better off without your own horse ! |
| 4 | There 's Easter Sunday and the Sunday after that because some of you may well be off on holiday . |
| 5 | Since you may well be as unfamiliar with the basic concepts as Duchy 's two directors were , we have followed them through the preliminary learning process . |
| 6 | Moreover , when you have sat down and worked out your retirement income in detail , you may even be pleasantly surprised . |
| 7 | You may not be here tomorrow . |
| 8 | Even when there is a grain or more of truth in a criticism , you may not be wholly or , indeed , mainly to blame . |
| 9 | If it blows towards yours or your neighbour 's house , you may not be too popular when the greasy smoke starts billowing around ! |
| 10 | If the bereaved is your mother-in-law you have the problem of trying to help someone with whose personality and reactions you may not be entirely familiar ; but you will have the advantage of being able to remain a little more detached from the throbbing centre of her pain and therefore freer to be objective in the help you give her , without in any way reducing the flow of sympathy and affection she will hope to receive from you . |
| 11 | you may understand it perfectly well even though , on reflection , you may not be entirely sure exactly what alloy bronze is , or what sort of dog a mastiff is , or what truffles are . ’ |
| 12 | When you reflect on all these amenities , you may not be entirely surprised to learn that we are the only Scottish hotel to be awarded the Royal Automobile Club 's prized Blue Ribbon award for superlative levels of excellence . |
| 13 | Because — as you may not be entirely surprised to hear-How the Sage Saved the Bride from the Dybbuk is one of the best-loved tales in the Limnititzker lore ; we tell it every year , with several other old favourites , on the anniversary of the great Wonder-Rabbi 's death . |
| 14 | If you are dealing with a matter which upsets you , you may not be as objective in your judgement as you would normally be and you may be oversensitive . |
| 15 | When you come to retirement age , whilst not suggesting that you are past it , you are planning ahead for the time where you may not be quite as capable as were . |
| 16 | ‘ The next time you may not be so lucky , ’ Burun pointed out . |
| 17 | Now come some of the sections which you may not be so familiar with . |
| 18 | You may not be actually using the previous stitch pattern this time around , but it is still taking up memory , whether you use it or not . |
| 19 | I would have you smile too , fair cousin , as it is my hope and one that you are privy to that you may soon be more to me than cousin . |
| 20 | Unless they , and you , wish to join forces under the same roof , you may often be very conscious that their biggest problem , that of loneliness , is beyond your reach . |
| 21 | To give time , you must have it — and to have it , you must either be out of work or able to spare valuable hours outside your job . |
| 22 | ‘ You must n't be so negative , Maggie , ’ Mrs Henry admonished . |
| 23 | ‘ Now , now , Schätzchen , you must n't be so quick to take offence . ’ |
| 24 | You must n't be so reckless . ’ |
| 25 | But you must n't be too hard on Hester . |
| 26 | You must n't be too kind in a case like this . |
| 27 | ‘ You must n't be retrospectively jealous . |
| 28 | If that does n't make you feel humble you must naturally be so humble that the hell with you anyway . |
| 29 | You must therefore be well protected from the conditions , which demands clothing and equipment that is tough , carefully designed and well made . |
| 30 | I mean you must still be half asleep in which it could be himself . |