Example sentences of "you be do [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I know you have n't been doing any English and that , but erm , have you have you been doing much reading ? |
2 | What had you been doing that day ? |
3 | What have you been doing all day — walking round with the Michelin , looking at churches ? ’ |
4 | What 've you been doing all day today ? . |
5 | What you been doing all day ? |
6 | ‘ Why , have n't you been doing this sort of work ? ’ |
7 | So what have you been doing this morning Em , lots of work . |
8 | But " originality " presents a difficult problem because ( unless you are doing advanced research ) you are unlikely to be in a position to advance new facts or radically new interpretations , or even to have a wide enough knowledge of what other people have written to be sure that you are not duplicating it . |
9 | You are doing great work . ’ |
10 | ‘ There is some decent evidence that you are doing that job quite well . |
11 | While you are doing this trick it 's a good idea to invent a little patter . |
12 | ‘ Stop what you are doing this minute . ’ |
13 | For it received the neglect that a great deal of insider research achieves and was channelled ( unopened ) to me , accompanied by a two-line memo from a senior officer which suggested , ‘ I understand you are doing some research ; you may find this useful ’ . |
14 | If you 're to do any service to Harry , you must not appear in this . |
15 | And probably the most useful key of all when you 're doing global formatting , is shift F ten and you select the whole document . |
16 | You 're doing that hat right , you 're doing the wrong hat are n't you ? |
17 | you 're doing and yet you 're doing this tour of Alfie , which is obviously very important to us in the |
18 | I mean , obviously you 're playing in a rather … or driving in the fast lane when you 're doing this sort of thing . ’ |
19 | Why you 're doing this Christmas , it may be my last , John said what do you mean , I said well , I do n't know if I 'm going to be in a classroom this time next year , I mean , I really enjoy Christmas with the children , fifteen years since I 've done it , I 've forgotten how I enjoyed myself . |
20 | Now , er you 're hope , you 're doing this cycle in aid er you know , to , to buy this bicycle , are you going to be able to raise the whole of that money on this one , one ride ? |
21 | And that 's the way you print whether you 're doing hard wax , soft wax or aquatint |
22 | ‘ But you 're doing English Literature at University . ’ |
23 | so remember that , do when you do the bearings if you 're doing some , erm examples , or you 're looking through , or you 're doing some revision , get up , stand up , and think , right what 's to think of , oh it 's not there , like if I 'm taking a bearing on these flowers , it 's , well , just that much in it , you know , |
24 | You might get a backlash you might find that the rest of the citizens of this county want to know , want to know what on earth you 're doing pouring money into this area when the rest of the county gets nothing . |
25 | Erm if you get to ask your mum to come in I 'll just ask her what 's what you 're doing next week . |
26 | No , you do n't know what you 're doing next week . |
27 | Even if you 're doing more recording , more transcribing , nicely . |
28 | Well la , last year , when you were doing that painting for er , Derek . |
29 | and Jim was lawnmowing and you were doing hard labour with Matt |
30 | There is no need to invent imaginary names : in fact , if you were doing this report as an assignment , you could put your tutor 's name opposite the ‘ To ’ . |