Example sentences of "you [modal v] be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you may be on a diet and see a wonderful cream cake and consciously resist temptation to eat it . |
| 2 | ‘ You may be on the level about having done a runner , or maybe not . |
| 3 | FOR the first half of the year you should have plenty of attack , although you may be on the receiving end of a show of force . |
| 4 | As beautiful and as wholesome as you may be on the outside , I shall reveal you for the black-hearted trickster that you are . |
| 5 | ‘ But if they ca n't be shifted , there 'll never be room for you , no matter how much better than them you may be at the job . ’ |
| 6 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 7 | But I warn you , Mr Jacobsen , you may be under the impression that you have some sort of droit de seigneur over make-up artists but , let me assure you , you 're way off the mark . |
| 8 | However , because you may be in a situation where there is no equipment available for lifting a resident , we 've included some guidelines to protect both care assistants and residents from injury : |
| 9 | Is Paul saying , now you are a Christian , you may be in a dead-end job , but you 'd better grin and bear it ? |
| 10 | Additionally , when you retire , you may be in a lower tax bracket . |
| 11 | There is no need to pay in advance for the work even if you are asked to do so ; you may be in an awkward position if the firm ceases to trade without having completed the job . |
| 12 | You may be in an institution which has video-viewing facilities in the library and a selection of English language programmes for learners to borrow . |
| 13 | Mumm , Cuvee Napa , California Sparkling Wine Victoria Wine £7.99 ; Safeway £8.49 ; Tesco £8.55 WITH the first results of the Election due on Thursday night , you may be in the mood to celebrate or drown your sorrows . |
| 14 | You may be in the habit of using some visual behaviours that run the risk of giving the other person a poor impression of you . |
| 15 | ‘ If you are n't on wheels you must be on the skids . |
| 16 | ‘ I wish there were time , my friend , but you must be at the Ebert Mansion by nine and it 's six already . |
| 17 | ‘ You must be of an age , ’ she had said . |
| 18 | ‘ Then you must be about the only person in London that has n't heard , ’ Bragg said drily . |
| 19 | You must be in a position to support your mother if anything should befall myself . |
| 20 | ‘ But I suppose , ’ Robbie went on , almost as if bent on self-disillusionment , ‘ you must be in a hurry too , to get back to Petula . ’ |
| 21 | But you must be in the correct quadrant . |
| 22 | ‘ My dear , you must be in the picture as well . |
| 23 | You must be like a piece of wood in the ocean : wood always floats to the surface , even though it is rolled over and held under . ’ |
| 24 | You must be like a good wine . ’ |
| 25 | One the Sun enters the sensitive and secretive sign of Scorpio on the 24rd , new sights , scenes and associations beckon and if not this month then certainly next , you should be on the threshold of some quite remarkable and far-reaching changes on all fronts . |
| 26 | You should be on the right track , although your next village might be more appropriate in East Anglia . |
| 27 | If you have planned and carried out your strategy of study over the earlier laps , like the 5000-metre runner , you should be on the inside lane and in a good position at the bell for the last lap . |
| 28 | You should be on the look-out for any grammatical or contextual clues which are being used to signal different senses of the meaning , and which are automatically understood by the native speaker . |
| 29 | You should be on the stage right now . |
| 30 | ‘ I think you should be off the deaf-aid now , ’ asserted Wallas Ward righteously . |