Example sentences of "you [be] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | How long have you been living in the flats for ? |
2 | ‘ Have you been listening at the door , Edgar ? ’ asked Catherine coldly . |
3 | Now , what have you been doing for a whole month ? ’ |
4 | What 've you been doing in the last five months that 's put on the weight ? |
5 | ‘ How long have you been working as a photographic model ? ’ |
6 | you work for erm Law Centre , erm , how long have you been working for the Law Centre ? |
7 | This is obviously easier if you are fishing with a few friends who are prepared to let you move in if they locate the fish first . |
8 | You react like one when you burn the toast , so why should n't you react like one when you are pitching for a new account ? |
9 | If you are pitching for an account , appearing on television or radio , making a significant speech , always have a company Gofer with you . |
10 | ‘ It is very ancient ’ , he said , ‘ you feel you are participating in a tradition . ’ |
11 | As its name implies , this is based on your average earnings over the total period of time that you are participating in the scheme . |
12 | Stand in a French village when the Tour de France goes by and you are participating in an event which is unambiguously French . |
13 | It moves the word you are typing to a new line when it enters an invisible margin running down the right-hand side of the screen . |
14 | There is Augustus DeMorgan : ‘ I know perfectly well what you are doing : YOU ARE CRAMMING FOR THE EXAMINATION . |
15 | And whether you are dining in the restaurant or relaxing at the bar , our helpful staff want to make sure you really enjoy your visit . |
16 | If you suffer from constipation , perhaps you are clinging to the past ? |
17 | If you do n't already have goals that you are aiming for a ( at work , at home , and in leisure ) , it is advisable for your to spend some time and work out what you really want to achieve . |
18 | While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle . |
19 | In order to avoid making nasty marks on the wall when you are experimenting with the hanging , it is best to decide on the overall shape of the arrangement first — a square , oblong , diamond or triangle — and on a painted wall mark out the area with light pencil which can easily be rubbed off , or with chalk on a paper wallcovering . |
20 | A hundred and twenty percent you are multiplying by the decimal equivalent which is one point two . |
21 | The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it . |
22 | Generally , when you wish to punctuate a piece of optional , additional information or an aside that you are embedding in the middle of a sentence — for example with commas , dashes or brackets — then whatever punctuation you use should be placed both before and after the added element to signal its boundaries , not just at one end or the other . |
23 | This tip can also be useful for utilities such as third party print spoolers and other programs that need to ‘ see ’ what you are sending to a port . |
24 | Whether you are leaving on a more or less amicable basis , perhaps just a luckless victim of business recession or a change in management style following a takeover , or in an atmosphere of mutual recrimination , it is usually possible sooner or later to strike a deal with the company which satisfies both sides . |
25 | If you are searching for a solution to an undefined need it is more than likely that you 'll be seduced by the obvious attractions of graphics oriented programs like PageMaker , Ready Set Go and so on . |
26 | It is especially useful if you are knitting with a very soft yarn which breaks easily or with a yarn which has no stretch . |
27 | The problem can arise if you are knitting with the N1 cam outside the point cams . |
28 | Well , if the main carriage slips while the ribber knits going one way , and then the ribber slips while the main bed knits going the other way , you are knitting in a circle . |
29 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
30 | When you are borrowing from the Account interest will be charged at a rate of 2.1% per month ( APR 27.6% ) . |