Example sentences of "you be not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are n't a good colour . |
| 2 | ‘ You are n't a great meat-eater , are you , dear , ’ said Bertha , ‘ so the approach of Lent wo n't be so much of a hardship for you . ’ |
| 3 | That you are n't a money-grubbing little cheat ? |
| 4 | ‘ You are n't a real invalid . ’ |
| 5 | If you work you feel you are not a good wife because you 're tired in the evenings . |
| 6 | For those sixty seconds you are not a legitimate target , nor can you fire your own weapon . |
| 7 | Listen house I says , you are not a small house , the cottage never was suitable . |
| 8 | Much of the psychological pain caused by infertility of either partner comes from the idea that you are not a real man or a real woman if , for any reason , some small part of your reproductive system works inadequately . |
| 9 | Even if you are not a great fan of exercise-to-music and think stepping up and down on a bench is n't exactly going to be a barrel laughs , you may still find this fun . |
| 10 | To create a safe and reliable vehicle the brakes need uprating to LWB specification with a servo The exhaust system needs fabricating properly and all fuel lines , water pipes and wiring needs to be properly engineered If you are not a competent engineer I would recommend you did not attempt this We have seen many disastrous conversions ! |
| 11 | If you are not a regular eater of such food , insist firmly that the chilli content is severely reduced . |
| 12 | If you live with a ‘ grown-up ’ child or children , you have a right to claim for yourself ; but if you are not a separate householder , your benefit will be at a lower rate . |
| 13 | ‘ But you are not a fast bowler ’ , said Gilly . |
| 14 | * If you are not a native speaker of English , learn where your weak spots are and check them ; you may well have problems with choosing the right preposition , inserting " the " correctly , or using " have " with the correct meaning ( see pp. 119 – 21 ) . |
| 15 | If you are not a designated area , then you have to go through the due process of Court Orders and notices and move out in twenty eight days or something , you know , it 's a long , expensive process , which does not have to take place when a district is designated . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're not a pre-clinical ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 're not a good liar , Hans . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're not a new girl any more , you 've been here nearly a day . |
| 19 | And if you do n't know it you 're not a hundred percent sure on book one |
| 20 | And yet I tell you what and if you go and play football on Sunday and you 're not a hundred percent fit from this cold you 've lost all next week as well . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're not a bad-looking girl . |
| 22 | You 're not a stranger there , either , are you ? |
| 23 | CATHERINE If you give up that easy you 're not a Gray anyway . |
| 24 | You 're not a real climber until you 've had some epics ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You 're not a real prince , ’ she reminded him gently . |
| 26 | And picking on you because you 're not a rotten coward like I am . |
| 27 | You may be homeless but at least you 're not a dumb blonde like I am . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ At least you 're not a dumb blonde like I am . ’ |
| 29 | Yes but I 'm thinking I mean there 's so much to do here Larry , you er you know , you 're not a young man any more . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not a bloody bastard , ’ Lambert objected . |