Example sentences of "you [verb] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What d' ya think if someone says they want a few words with you what d' ya think 's going to happen ? |
| 2 | ‘ Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been knocking for ages and all ye do is laugh up at me . ’ |
| 5 | And he added , in a voice that would have done credit to an elder of the Wee Frees , ‘ If he is yer brother , then ye 've been committin' incest . |
| 6 | Ye had been appointed Vice-Chair of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Conference ( the government 's largely ceremonial opinion-gathering forum ) in April [ see p. 38145 ] . |
| 7 | ‘ Ye 's been trying to steal our mens away . ’ |
| 8 | How are you enjoying being turned into some blobs of pink and mauve on a canvas ? ’ |
| 9 | It 's just a pity that all that effort you expended was wasted really . |
| 10 | Forcing her voice through frozen lips , she hid her inner turmoil and quipped , ‘ You make being engaged to Peter sound like just another job ! ’ |
| 11 | Never mock other people who find the work difficult ( you know how much you hate being laughed at ) . |
| 12 | The persuasive and analytic skills you develop are applied during your course to literary works and issues ; but they have the additional value that they are potentially transferable to other problems and circumstances . |
| 13 | Yeah and she gets points for doing it do n't you , you 've been saving them up have n't you ? |
| 14 | I hear you 've been looking at Eggle guitars … |
| 15 | " I see you 've been getting him a new collar and lead . " |
| 16 | ‘ We hear you 've been selling Victor carthorses . |
| 17 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to our friends in Manila , ’ he says , chattily , as though the difference in our rank means nothing to him . |
| 19 | ‘ I see you 've been checking up on me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I see you 've been checking your horoscope . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I see you 've been having more fun and games ! ’ |
| 22 | Is this grass that you bring being delivered tomorrow morning ? |
| 23 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 24 | Huh , er just , please help us , you know we get on much better , of course you can give an explanation , all Mr wants , you requested is said whether you did raise it , of course you could say , we did n't , I did n't because erm of so and so , because there was n't an opportunity or whatever , but do tell us whether yes or no whether you raised it surely that 's possible Mr is n't it ? , is n't it ? , am I trying to assist you , during my people are just not answering the questions , put it again in blunt form Mr would you please |
| 25 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 26 | So Lucy what do you think is entering the loneliness ? |
| 27 | Who do you think is looking after your baby ? |
| 28 | ‘ What do you think is happening , Jock ? ’ |
| 29 | What do you think is happening to you ? … |
| 30 | What do you think is going to happen next ? |